WGS QUIZ 1 2026/2027 | WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES STUDY
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & REVIEW
gender - ANS ✔✔societal role in response to environment, How one expresses themselves, how they are
viewed in society, the way society creates, patterns, and rewards our understanding of femininity and
masculinity
centering women as subjects of study - ANS ✔✔a. Offering courses, majors, and minors
b. Move from an androcentric society and broaden knowledge of women and their history
androcentrism - ANS ✔✔Male centered knowledge (women/other marginalized groups is absent,
trivialized, misrepresented), way of seeking, thinking, and behaving that equates maleness with
humanity, society revolves around men
misogyny - ANS ✔✔hatred of or contempt of women
Interdisciplinary - ANS ✔✔relating to more than one branch of knowledge, multiple fields of study
patriarchy - ANS ✔✔"rule of fathers," a system where men and masculine bodies dominate because
power and authority
intersectionality - ANS ✔✔Race, class, gender being applied to an individual or group to create
overlapping systems of discrimination or disadvantage, ways multiple forms of oppression and identity
interact to create someone's experience of and access to social influence, individual, and institutional
power/privilege, how systems overlap and reinforce each other, how individual statuses/identities
connect us to systems, how individual experience and access to privilege are shaped
women's movement - ANS ✔✔a. Political campaigns for reforms on issues involving women, their rights,
and equality (reproduction, pay, education, violence, employment, suffrage, etc.)
b. Basis for improving women's lives and gaining rights
feminism - ANS ✔✔Movement advocating equal rights for women (liberal) or movement to end sexism,
sexist exploitation, and oppression (radical)
Myths associated with feminism - ANS ✔✔a. Angry whining women, hate men, lesbians, reject
motherhood, white middle class
b. People will not support, or join movement, if they believe they must fit these myths
stereotypes associated with feminism - ANS ✔✔a. Angry whining women, hate men, lesbians, reject
motherhood, white middle class
b. People will not support, or join movement, if they believe they must fit these myths
womanism - ANS ✔✔a. Form of feminism emphasizing women's natural contribution to society
b. Highlight what women's natural contributions are
oppression - ANS ✔✔a. Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
, b. Women were oppressed for many years not being given the rights they deserved
social justice - ANS ✔✔a. Equality in distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges in society
b. Equality for women in race, age, gender, religion, sexuality
Define WGS as a discipline. What might its objectives look like? - ANS ✔✔WGS is an interdisciplinary
academic field devoted to topics concerning women, gender, and feminism. The objectives are to
empower women to take control of their lives, identify discrimination and injustice, improve the lives of
women, strive for equality, challenge and transform what is accepted knowledge and seen as "truths"
explain in your own words what is means to put women on center as subjects of study. This has involved
two strategies resulting in changes on college campuses. What are these strategies and their
consequences? - ANS ✔✔Putting women at the center as subjects of study means highlighting women
and their achievements in history. College campuses now offer WGS courses and careers directly related
to women to expand student's knowledge. By doing this, women have a chance to be criticized and there
are not specific classes related to women who are black, transgender, etc.
be able to explain the founding of women's studies and understand its relationship to androcentrism in
higher education. What is the relationship between women's studies and the women's movement? what
is mainstreaming? - ANS ✔✔Since education primarily focused on men in a very androcentric society,
male centered, women wanted to create courses that focused on women. Because of the women's
movement, women studies became more popular to highlight the advancements. Mainstream is the
ideas, values, attitudes that are seen as normal or dominant. The goal of women studies is to make
feminist ideas and equality a dominant idea/trend.
what does it mean to say that women's studies in its early years "lacked inclusivity?" how did black
women's studies come about? - ANS ✔✔During the early year's individuals didn't have a lot of
knowledge on women studies, therefore it lacked inclusivity. Some men still believed they were superior
and didn't want to acknowledge the rise of women studies. After women studies became popular, black
women's studies arose to acknowledge the black women and their accomplishments.
what is meant by intersectionality and how it is continuing to shape the discipline? - ANS
✔✔Intersectionality focuses on multiple fields to focus on all aspects of women's lives rather than one
piece
what is meant by the term "the personal is political?" how might this term have implications for men's
education on women's rights? - ANS ✔✔women believed that their struggles were personal, and
nothing could be done about it. Through discussing with other women, they realized they all had similar
struggles and the issues were political. Men assigned women roles and did not let them have freedom
over their lives. Since men were superior to women, they had little education about women's rights
because it was not a highly discussed topic in men's lives.
define social movement and feminism. what are two crucial aspects fo any definition of feminism? - ANS
✔✔Social movements are group actions toward a social idea. Feminism is a movement advocating equal
rights for women (liberal thinking). Feminism is the movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and
oppression (radical thinking). While these definitions both focus on equal rights for women, one
definition follows the liberal way of thinking whereas the other follows a radical way of thinking.
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & REVIEW
gender - ANS ✔✔societal role in response to environment, How one expresses themselves, how they are
viewed in society, the way society creates, patterns, and rewards our understanding of femininity and
masculinity
centering women as subjects of study - ANS ✔✔a. Offering courses, majors, and minors
b. Move from an androcentric society and broaden knowledge of women and their history
androcentrism - ANS ✔✔Male centered knowledge (women/other marginalized groups is absent,
trivialized, misrepresented), way of seeking, thinking, and behaving that equates maleness with
humanity, society revolves around men
misogyny - ANS ✔✔hatred of or contempt of women
Interdisciplinary - ANS ✔✔relating to more than one branch of knowledge, multiple fields of study
patriarchy - ANS ✔✔"rule of fathers," a system where men and masculine bodies dominate because
power and authority
intersectionality - ANS ✔✔Race, class, gender being applied to an individual or group to create
overlapping systems of discrimination or disadvantage, ways multiple forms of oppression and identity
interact to create someone's experience of and access to social influence, individual, and institutional
power/privilege, how systems overlap and reinforce each other, how individual statuses/identities
connect us to systems, how individual experience and access to privilege are shaped
women's movement - ANS ✔✔a. Political campaigns for reforms on issues involving women, their rights,
and equality (reproduction, pay, education, violence, employment, suffrage, etc.)
b. Basis for improving women's lives and gaining rights
feminism - ANS ✔✔Movement advocating equal rights for women (liberal) or movement to end sexism,
sexist exploitation, and oppression (radical)
Myths associated with feminism - ANS ✔✔a. Angry whining women, hate men, lesbians, reject
motherhood, white middle class
b. People will not support, or join movement, if they believe they must fit these myths
stereotypes associated with feminism - ANS ✔✔a. Angry whining women, hate men, lesbians, reject
motherhood, white middle class
b. People will not support, or join movement, if they believe they must fit these myths
womanism - ANS ✔✔a. Form of feminism emphasizing women's natural contribution to society
b. Highlight what women's natural contributions are
oppression - ANS ✔✔a. Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
, b. Women were oppressed for many years not being given the rights they deserved
social justice - ANS ✔✔a. Equality in distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges in society
b. Equality for women in race, age, gender, religion, sexuality
Define WGS as a discipline. What might its objectives look like? - ANS ✔✔WGS is an interdisciplinary
academic field devoted to topics concerning women, gender, and feminism. The objectives are to
empower women to take control of their lives, identify discrimination and injustice, improve the lives of
women, strive for equality, challenge and transform what is accepted knowledge and seen as "truths"
explain in your own words what is means to put women on center as subjects of study. This has involved
two strategies resulting in changes on college campuses. What are these strategies and their
consequences? - ANS ✔✔Putting women at the center as subjects of study means highlighting women
and their achievements in history. College campuses now offer WGS courses and careers directly related
to women to expand student's knowledge. By doing this, women have a chance to be criticized and there
are not specific classes related to women who are black, transgender, etc.
be able to explain the founding of women's studies and understand its relationship to androcentrism in
higher education. What is the relationship between women's studies and the women's movement? what
is mainstreaming? - ANS ✔✔Since education primarily focused on men in a very androcentric society,
male centered, women wanted to create courses that focused on women. Because of the women's
movement, women studies became more popular to highlight the advancements. Mainstream is the
ideas, values, attitudes that are seen as normal or dominant. The goal of women studies is to make
feminist ideas and equality a dominant idea/trend.
what does it mean to say that women's studies in its early years "lacked inclusivity?" how did black
women's studies come about? - ANS ✔✔During the early year's individuals didn't have a lot of
knowledge on women studies, therefore it lacked inclusivity. Some men still believed they were superior
and didn't want to acknowledge the rise of women studies. After women studies became popular, black
women's studies arose to acknowledge the black women and their accomplishments.
what is meant by intersectionality and how it is continuing to shape the discipline? - ANS
✔✔Intersectionality focuses on multiple fields to focus on all aspects of women's lives rather than one
piece
what is meant by the term "the personal is political?" how might this term have implications for men's
education on women's rights? - ANS ✔✔women believed that their struggles were personal, and
nothing could be done about it. Through discussing with other women, they realized they all had similar
struggles and the issues were political. Men assigned women roles and did not let them have freedom
over their lives. Since men were superior to women, they had little education about women's rights
because it was not a highly discussed topic in men's lives.
define social movement and feminism. what are two crucial aspects fo any definition of feminism? - ANS
✔✔Social movements are group actions toward a social idea. Feminism is a movement advocating equal
rights for women (liberal thinking). Feminism is the movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and
oppression (radical thinking). While these definitions both focus on equal rights for women, one
definition follows the liberal way of thinking whereas the other follows a radical way of thinking.
