Deck 7: Intersectionality

Question 1

"Men are naturally jealous". A comment such as this, which assumes that there is some permanent and/or unifying element to being a "man", exemplifies _________ thinking.

A) essentialist
B) fatalistic
C) hegemonic
D) intersectional

Answer 1

essentialist

Question 2

The way of thinking that considers how gender is interwoven with other dimensions of inequality, such as race, class, and disability, is called __________analysis.

A) multi-layered
B) micro-macro
C) intersectional
D) interpretive

Answer 2

intersectional

Question 3

The approach to justice which orients to taking away from the one with more as opposed to giving more to the one with less is termed________ justice.

A) scapegoat
B) retributive
C) misery
D) social

Answer 3

misery

Question 4

Primarily, intersectional thinking encourages us to consider how an individual is positioned within various structures of ______________.

A) identity
B) domination
C) kinship
D) interpretation

Question 5

In her analysis of the case of Pamela George, Sherene Razack (2002) powerfully argues that in ignoring the importance of race, class, and gender, the trial process preserved a model of justice as ____________.

A) sameness
B) difference
C) identity politics
D) negation

Question 6

In her analysis of the murder of Pamela George, intersectional theorist Sherene Razack highlights to role of _____________________________.

A) ageism
B) colonialism
C) homophobia
D) stigma

Question 7

Negative and unspoken thoughts and attitudes about racial minorities, as discussed in the research of Barbara Trepagnier (2001), are forms of ________ racism.

A) insidious
B) subliminal
C) silent
D) unconscious

Question 8

A central point made by bell hooks is that when we are seeking to grasp people's experience of intersecting inequalities, it is necessary to listen carefully to the voices of _______________.

A) reason
B) wisdom
C) official authority (e.g. police, courts, school system, etc.)
D) those we are interested in learning about

Question 9

As pointed out by Margaret Anderson (2005), criticism by women of color during the second wave of feminism resulted in a shift in analytical focus from "gender" to ___________________________.

A) age, ability, and sexual orientation
B) race, class, and gender
C) race, class, and sexual orientation
D) race and gender

Question 10

As proposed by Patricia Hill-Collins (1990), the intersections of gender, class, race, and related social conditions can be referred to as "the matrix of ________",

A) inequality
B) domination
C) oppression
D) globalism

Question 11

What general variant of feminism can the work of Judith Butler be placed under, as suggested in the text?

A) liberal
B) radical
C) socialist
D) post-modern

Question 12

The qualitative research conducted by Howland and Rintala draws critical attention to women who ___________________.

A) are former sex workers
B) have survived abusive relationships
C) have been defined as 'geniuses'
D) have physical disabilities

Question 13

In their research on domestic workers, Browne and Misra (2003) suggested that women who are domestic workers are in a uniquely ________ position.

A) disadvantaged
B) privileged
C) intimate
D) voyeuristic

Question 14

In her guest essay on the coverage of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, Tanya Titchkosky draws particular attention to the intermingling of blackness, poverty and ______________.

A) sexual orientation
B) age
C) disability
D) education

Question 15

In his critique of the DSM IV-R, Richard Mitchell (2004) draws critical attention to the ways in which younger people are generally represented as:

A) essentially irrational
B) intrinsically selfish
C) objects without agency or rights
D) "free" in comparison to fully socialized adults

Question 16

In his critique of the DSM IV-R, Richard Mitchell (2004) advocates a more inclusive and less ____________ approach to ADHD.

A) paternalistic
B) hierarchical
C) scientific
D) feminist

Question 17

In her work on gendered assumptions about "mothering", Canadian social theorist Dorothy Smith focuses upon the following major social institution:

A) organized religion
B) government policy
C) the educational system
D) the Catholic school system

Question 18

Two cases that are used in the text to explore the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, class and mental disability are ADHD and ________________.

A) eugenics
B) the US military treatment of detainees in Iraq
C) Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans
D) schizophrenia

Question 19

Repressive policies oriented to the elimination of so-called human "defects", such as the forced sterilization of particular marginalized groups, is part of a process of ___________________.

A) extermination
B) natural selection
C) eugenics
D) hegemony

Question 20

What is the foundation of the current idea that we can genetically "breed out" cancer and other diseases?

A) the eugenics mentality of the last century
B) the DSM IV-R
C) psychiatry
D) racism

Question 21

How does Razack's (2002) analysis of the murder trial of Pamela George exemplify an intersectional approach to social analysis?

Question 22

How does Gould's story X: A Fabulous Child's Story (1992) challenge gender boundaries?

Question 23

In what sense is race both real and not real, as discussed by Omi and Winant?

Question 24

What is the major argument, as noted in the text, against Butler's (2004) challenge of the term "woman"?

Question 25

How is the category of "disability" both included and excluded in the media representations of Hurricane Katrina (in New Orleans, 2005), as discussed by Titchkosky?

Question 26

Conduct a critical analysis of a recent case that deals with the ethics "genetic engineering", engaging with the critical literature on eugenics in the context of new reproductive technologies.

Question 27

Develop an essay in which you apply intersectional thinking to your own contradictory social markers and positionings.

Question 28

Following Razack's and Titchkosky's approaches, critically analyze the mainstream media's coverage of a particular and recent trial or disaster, paying attention to the degree to which the categories of race, class, gender, ability, sexuality, etc. are downplayed, obscured, highlighted, glossed, taken for granted, etc.