Deck 6: Feminist Social Theory

Question 1

The feminist movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s is referred to as the

A) First wave
B) Second wave
C) Third wave
D) Fourth wave

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Contemporary feminist theory has its roots primarily in

A) Structuralism and poststructuralism
B) Modernity and postmodernity
C) Colonialism and postcolonialism
D) Psychoanalytic theory

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Radical feminism was _____ critical of capitalism than/as male oppression

A) Equally
B) More
C) Less

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Juliet Mitchell's great contribution to feminist theory was

A) An integration of critical race theory and theories of gender
B) A fuller development of feminist consciousness and the sociological application of Marxist analysis
C) An integration of structuralism with feminist theories of male oppression
D) A fuller development of feminist consciousness with Freudian psychoanalytic theory

Question 5

Why did the general rejection of the Enlightenment ideals in the linguistic turn help spur feminist theory?

A) This involved a rejection of the positivism and other patriarchal components of the era
B) Women are more communicative than men. This gave them a voice
C) Because the Enlightenment was a voice for the subaltern.
D) Because women are anti-science, and the Enlightenment embraced science.

Question 6

Dorothy Smith was influenced by

A) Sigmund Freud and Max Weber
B) Edmund Husserl and Karl Marx
C) Karl Marx and Harold Garfinkle
D) Friedrich Nietzsche and Harold Bloom

Question 7

Women, according to Dorothy Smith, dwell within a line of fault between official knowledge, presented to them as though it were objective, and the truth that emerges from their shared personal experiences as women. This is called

A) The great divide
B) Bifurcated consciousness
C) False consciousness
D) Split consciousness

Question 8

Feminist standpoint theory contends

A) The process of scientific inquiry itself is valid only if it begins from a specific social location-often the lived experience of those who have been excluded from the production of scientific knowledge in the first place
B) The standpoints of men have been used over time to create ruling class relations.
C) Women dwell within a line of fault between official knowledge, presented to them as though it were objective, and the truth that emerges from their shared personal experiences as women.
D) Lives are ruled by the activities of those who occupy positions of influence and control in organizations and institutions that are empowered by us and produce us.

Question 9

bell hooks' first book is titled

A) Aint I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
B) Psychoanalysis and Feminism
C) Speaking of Women
D) We Real Cool

Question 10

bell hooks' main critique of feminism is

A) that it doesn't fully understand capitalism
B) that it paints unrealistic expectations for women in a patriarchal society
C) that it focuses mainly on the plight and situations of white, middle-class women
D) doesn't draw heavily enough on contemporary sociological theories

Question 11

With regard to the African-American family, hooks main concern is with

A) Out-of-wedlock births
B) Weak attachment to the labor force
C) The role extended family networks play in childhood socialization
D) The heavy emphasis on familial patriarchy

Question 12

Patricia Hill Collins rejects an additive approach to understanding race, class, and gender, and instead proposes viewing these systems as

A) Hybrids
B) Multiplicative
C) A matrix
D) Geometrical

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of black feminist thought, according to Collins?

A) It emerges from the experience of oppression
B) It emerges from a Marxist critique of capitalism
C) Social change is a critical component of black feminist thought
D) Black feminist thought originates in the standpoint of the group

Question 14

Nancy Fraser argued that U.S. society after World War Two was "androcentric," which means that it

A) Favored the position of elites
B) Assumed consensus in society
C) Fragmented social groups
D) Privileged white males

Question 15

A major force responsible for fragmenting feminism and the feminist movement in the 1980s was

A) The Cold War
B) Neoliberalism
C) The stock market crash
D) Cable television

Question 16

Susan Bordo's work has examined the social and historical contexts of which of the following problems that are usually ascribed to individuals?

A) Eating disorders
B) Alcoholism
C) Sexual harassment
D) Female unemployment

Question 17

Which of the following best describes Donna Haraway's views of technology in her essay "The Cyborg Manifesto?

A) Technology is a tool for creating and preserving male privilege
B) Technology is increasingly being used to construct and control the female body
C) Technology is post-gender, and has the potential to liberate women
D) Technology is irrelevant for gender relations and the status of women

Question 18

Nancy Chodorow focuses on which of the following socialization processes?

A) Mothering, and the caring and nurturing behaviors that both boys and girls learn to associate with women
B) The media, and the images of bodies and sexuality that the media creates
C) Schools, and the processes that direct boys and girls to different subjects and interests
D) Peer groups and information sanctions that result from norm violation

Question 19

The lesbian feminist Adrienne Rich argues that patriarchy is institutionalized through

A) The subordination of women in families
B) The devaluation of women's work
C) The household division of labor
D) Compulsory heterosexuality

Question 20

Postfeminism, or the third wave of feminism, is based on

A) A challenge and reconsideration of the notion of gender
B) A restoration of patriarchal society
C) A shift in focus from the paid labor force to unpaid household work
D) None of the above

Question 21

Susan B. Anthony is often credited with providing the first social constructionist explanation of womanhood

Question 22

Radical feminism was highly critical of capitalism

Question 23

Dorothy Smith borrows from DuBois's notion of the double consciousness

Question 24

Patricia Hill Collins attacks the positivist approach to knowledge

Question 25

Susan Bordo views eating disorders as a result of the emotional and mental toll women face in contemporary society.

Question 26

Why is postmodern thought compatible with most feminist theories?

Question 27

What are the major differences between radical feminists and Marxist feminists? Do any contemporary feminist theories offer an opportunity for integrating the two schools of thought?

Question 28

What are the key tenets of black feminist thought? In what ways is it similar to feminism? How does it differ?

Question 29

In what ways to feminist theories treat the body as an important agent in studies of male privilege?