Deck 9: Working at Bazooms: The Intersection of Power, Gender, and Sexuality

Question 1

What is the purpose of the reading?

A) to gain insight into the business model of a fast-growing restaurant chain
B) to analyze the daily reality of the Bazooms girl
C) to understand the working-class model
D) to examine the dynamics of power, gender, and sexuality as they operate in Bazooms' workplace

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Bazooms restaurant revolves around ______.

A) its famous chicken wings
B) the Bazooms girl
C) its craft beer selection
D) the fast-food restaurant phenomenon

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Subjects in the study were selected based on ______

A) the level of job commitment
B) random sampling
C) relationship to the author
D) hair color

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The author found that the "jump start" before every shift was essentially an opportunity to ______.

A) motivate workers to have fun
B) support workers' career goals
C) quiz staff on that day's specials
D) allow management to assert authority

Question 5

An occupation that is considered "for women" and in which women are considered to be men's subordinates and are paid less than men for the same work is known as a(n) ______.

A) gendered workplace
B) management code
C) emotional labor
D) interactional technique

Question 6

Bazooms girls are most similar to ______.

A) lifeguards
B) therapists
C) chefs
D) performers

Question 7

Which phrase best describes how Bazooms staff are trained to deal with rude customers?

A) kill them with kindness
B) give it back to them
C) no publicity is bad publicity
D) preserve your self-image at all costs

Question 8

All of the following are essential to the success of Bazooms except the ______.

A) cooperation of waitresses
B) sexualized atmosphere
C) resistance of gendered sexual identities
D) male-dominated hierarchy

Question 9

Challenges to the established power structure at Bazooms mainly take the form of ______.

A) gossip
B) litigation
C) dehumanization
D) joke telling

Question 10

How did the women manipulate the Bazooms girl image to fit their own self-images?

A) by refusing to wear make-up
B) by demanding higher wages
C) by educating the customers
D) by negotiating the dress codes

Question 11

Identify and describe the three ways Bazooms waitresses respond to the constraints imposed by their workplace.

Question 12

Describe the ways in which sexual harassment is part of the job at Bazooms.

Question 13

Elaborate on one interactional technique that Bazooms managers and customers used to sustain dominance over workers.

Question 14

Discuss how gender and power at Bazooms are reflected in its management structure.

Question 15

Define emotional labor as it pertains to Bazooms girls.