WMNST 106N Midterm
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, a strategy of liberal feminism is working within
the system for change. - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, one of two central components of feminism is
reallocation of power to women over men. - ANS-False
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, Black women's studies grew out of the critique
of traditional women's studies programs which lacked the inclusion of issues for women
of color. - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, androcentrism implies putting men at the
center of history, culture, and power, and thus confuses "maleness" with humanity in
general. - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, the term "gender studies" reflects a movement
away from a fixed idea of "woman." - ANS-True
What actress introduces Joss Whedon at the beginning of the video "On the Road to
Equality Honoring Men on The Front Lines"? - ANS-Meryl Streep
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was
written by... - ANS-Mary Wollstonecraft
In the video "On the Road to Equality Honoring Men on The Front Lines," Joss Whedon
is repeatedly asked "why do you write strong women characters?" He cites many
reasons throughout the video, but ultimately Joss says that the reason he writes strong
women characters is... (Choose all that apply.) - ANS-1-because of his "tough, cool,
sexy, funny" mother.
2-because of his father and step-father who prized wit and resolve in the women they
were with.
3-because people are still asking him "why do you write strong women characters?"
4-because equality is like gravity and we need it to hold us together.
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, third wave feminism has its origins in the lives
of the baby boomer generation of the 1950s and 1960s. - ANS-False
, According to the Shaw and Lee reading, Women's and Gender Studies integrates
knowledge from the humanities and the social sciences--but never the biological and
physical sciences. - ANS-False
According to the lecture content, gender can be defined as the biological organizations
of sexual differences. - ANS-False
According to Wolf and Kilbourne, the obsession with thinness, the tyranny of the image
of ideal beauty, and violence against women are all public health issues affecting all of
us. - ANS-True
An "ideal body" is also likely to be a "normative body." - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, medical practitioners tend to try and "fix" intersex
children into binary categories. - ANS-True
"Tough Guise" is to the study of masculinity as "Killing Us Softly" is to the study of
femininity. - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, objectification means seeing the body as a site of
identity and self-expression. - ANS-False
Jean Kilbourne's studies focus on the role of media in creating beauty standards. -
ANS-True
"Tough Guise" argues that boys tend to strictly police each other's presentation of
masculinity, punishing those who do not measure up. - ANS-True
According to Katz and Butler, feminist scholars best understand gender as... -
ANS-performative
According to Naomi Wolf, the double standard of beauty means that the bodies of white
women are valued twice as much as women of color. - ANS-False
Penelope's mother has a way of seeming "fluid" in her actions and responses. Why is
this? (Choose the best answer.) - ANS-She is a naiad, or water spirit.
The book title, The Penelopiad, refers to an actual literary epic written during the time of
the ancient Greeks. - ANS-False
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, a strategy of liberal feminism is working within
the system for change. - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, one of two central components of feminism is
reallocation of power to women over men. - ANS-False
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, Black women's studies grew out of the critique
of traditional women's studies programs which lacked the inclusion of issues for women
of color. - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, androcentrism implies putting men at the
center of history, culture, and power, and thus confuses "maleness" with humanity in
general. - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, the term "gender studies" reflects a movement
away from a fixed idea of "woman." - ANS-True
What actress introduces Joss Whedon at the beginning of the video "On the Road to
Equality Honoring Men on The Front Lines"? - ANS-Meryl Streep
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was
written by... - ANS-Mary Wollstonecraft
In the video "On the Road to Equality Honoring Men on The Front Lines," Joss Whedon
is repeatedly asked "why do you write strong women characters?" He cites many
reasons throughout the video, but ultimately Joss says that the reason he writes strong
women characters is... (Choose all that apply.) - ANS-1-because of his "tough, cool,
sexy, funny" mother.
2-because of his father and step-father who prized wit and resolve in the women they
were with.
3-because people are still asking him "why do you write strong women characters?"
4-because equality is like gravity and we need it to hold us together.
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, third wave feminism has its origins in the lives
of the baby boomer generation of the 1950s and 1960s. - ANS-False
, According to the Shaw and Lee reading, Women's and Gender Studies integrates
knowledge from the humanities and the social sciences--but never the biological and
physical sciences. - ANS-False
According to the lecture content, gender can be defined as the biological organizations
of sexual differences. - ANS-False
According to Wolf and Kilbourne, the obsession with thinness, the tyranny of the image
of ideal beauty, and violence against women are all public health issues affecting all of
us. - ANS-True
An "ideal body" is also likely to be a "normative body." - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, medical practitioners tend to try and "fix" intersex
children into binary categories. - ANS-True
"Tough Guise" is to the study of masculinity as "Killing Us Softly" is to the study of
femininity. - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, objectification means seeing the body as a site of
identity and self-expression. - ANS-False
Jean Kilbourne's studies focus on the role of media in creating beauty standards. -
ANS-True
"Tough Guise" argues that boys tend to strictly police each other's presentation of
masculinity, punishing those who do not measure up. - ANS-True
According to Katz and Butler, feminist scholars best understand gender as... -
ANS-performative
According to Naomi Wolf, the double standard of beauty means that the bodies of white
women are valued twice as much as women of color. - ANS-False
Penelope's mother has a way of seeming "fluid" in her actions and responses. Why is
this? (Choose the best answer.) - ANS-She is a naiad, or water spirit.
The book title, The Penelopiad, refers to an actual literary epic written during the time of
the ancient Greeks. - ANS-False
