WGS 240 QUIZ 5 2026/2027 | WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & REVIEW
The most common contemporary U.S. family structure is a middle-class, white, heterosexual couple with
children. - ANS ✔✔False
The U.S. is one of 169 countries around the world that guarantees paid maternity leave. - ANS ✔✔False
The term "the feminization of poverty" means which of the following? - ANS ✔✔The process by which
the population of those living in poverty is increasingly comprised of women
In "Marriage and Love," Emma Goldman says that marriage and love are polar opposites. - ANS ✔✔True
In her article, Leila Schochet says that immigrants experience similar levels of heightened anxiety
regardless of whether they are in the U.S. legally. - ANS ✔✔True
Most feminist scholars see the family as a refuge from society, because it shields women from structural
oppression. - ANS ✔✔False
According to Emma Goldman, marriage is primarily an economic arrangement that encourages women's
subservience to men. - ANS ✔✔True
The term misogynoir was coined by Moya Bailey to describe the intersection of racism, misogyny, and
anti-Blackness. - ANS ✔✔True
Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice") argues that a transnational
approach to reproductive justice will allow scholars and activists to - ANS ✔✔Envision strategies to
support multiply marginalized women of color across the world
One of the effects of androcentrism in health care is that the U.S. health care system is set up to
maintain the privileges of white people and provide differential access for people of color. - ANS
✔✔False
Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") discusses the ways that people of color have
been discriminated against in the healthcare system. Which of the following is NOT related to a
discriminatory practice? - ANS ✔✔None, they all relate to discriminatory practices
Aisha Wagner celebrates the intensive education she received in medical school that explained and
validated the Black community's distrust of the medical practitioners. - ANS ✔✔False
Which of the following are instances of "chipping away" at legal access to abortion since Roe v. Wade?
(Select all that apply.) - ANS ✔✔Parental involvement/notification laws
Giving a zygote, embryo, or fetus the same legal rights as a person
Mandatory counseling and waiting periods
PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & REVIEW
The most common contemporary U.S. family structure is a middle-class, white, heterosexual couple with
children. - ANS ✔✔False
The U.S. is one of 169 countries around the world that guarantees paid maternity leave. - ANS ✔✔False
The term "the feminization of poverty" means which of the following? - ANS ✔✔The process by which
the population of those living in poverty is increasingly comprised of women
In "Marriage and Love," Emma Goldman says that marriage and love are polar opposites. - ANS ✔✔True
In her article, Leila Schochet says that immigrants experience similar levels of heightened anxiety
regardless of whether they are in the U.S. legally. - ANS ✔✔True
Most feminist scholars see the family as a refuge from society, because it shields women from structural
oppression. - ANS ✔✔False
According to Emma Goldman, marriage is primarily an economic arrangement that encourages women's
subservience to men. - ANS ✔✔True
The term misogynoir was coined by Moya Bailey to describe the intersection of racism, misogyny, and
anti-Blackness. - ANS ✔✔True
Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice") argues that a transnational
approach to reproductive justice will allow scholars and activists to - ANS ✔✔Envision strategies to
support multiply marginalized women of color across the world
One of the effects of androcentrism in health care is that the U.S. health care system is set up to
maintain the privileges of white people and provide differential access for people of color. - ANS
✔✔False
Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") discusses the ways that people of color have
been discriminated against in the healthcare system. Which of the following is NOT related to a
discriminatory practice? - ANS ✔✔None, they all relate to discriminatory practices
Aisha Wagner celebrates the intensive education she received in medical school that explained and
validated the Black community's distrust of the medical practitioners. - ANS ✔✔False
Which of the following are instances of "chipping away" at legal access to abortion since Roe v. Wade?
(Select all that apply.) - ANS ✔✔Parental involvement/notification laws
Giving a zygote, embryo, or fetus the same legal rights as a person
Mandatory counseling and waiting periods
