BBH 452 Exam 1 Questions with
complete solution 2025/2026
what are the top 2 leading causes of death for women, regardless of gender? - correct answer ✔heart
disease and cancer
what are the top 2 causes of death for all 5 racial-ethnic categories of women? - correct answer
✔maternal mortality
explain the trend in maternal mortality rates when comparing ethnicity - correct answer ✔increasing
for all, but mostly for black women
what trend are we seeing in the percentage of two-parent households? - correct answer ✔declining
what are the demographic differences on mental health issues for women? - correct answer ✔higher at
younger ages
women make up approximately _____% of the labor force - correct answer ✔46%
there is a (increase/decrease) in labor force participants for mothers - correct answer ✔increase
what can policymakers do to empower women? - correct answer ✔- equal pay for equal work
- paid maternity leave
women make, on average, _____ than men across the united states - correct answer ✔less
women earn, on average, _____% of what men earn - correct answer ✔82%
, approximately what % of members of the government are female? - correct answer ✔21%
despite earning less money than men, women are often ______ of the family - correct answer ✔the
sole provider
feminism - correct answer ✔female movement for gender equality
important pieces of black feminist thought - correct answer ✔- oppressions are interconnected
structures
- rejects the notion of additive approaches
- both/and conceptual stance emphasizing varying amounts of penalty and privilege
empowerment - correct answer ✔rejecting dimensions of knowledge that perpetuate dehumanization
how can women empower themselves and others? - correct answer ✔- creative acts of resistance
- sanctuaries where black people are nurtured
how are black women as agents of general knowledge a good example of empowerment? - correct
answer ✔- can speak for all and to a variety of experiences
- blood mothers
- other mothers (fictive kin)
- community other mothers
individual level of domination - correct answer ✔emphasizes power of self- definition & to resist being
defined by the dominant culture
ex. --> not being defined as "mammy"
complete solution 2025/2026
what are the top 2 leading causes of death for women, regardless of gender? - correct answer ✔heart
disease and cancer
what are the top 2 causes of death for all 5 racial-ethnic categories of women? - correct answer
✔maternal mortality
explain the trend in maternal mortality rates when comparing ethnicity - correct answer ✔increasing
for all, but mostly for black women
what trend are we seeing in the percentage of two-parent households? - correct answer ✔declining
what are the demographic differences on mental health issues for women? - correct answer ✔higher at
younger ages
women make up approximately _____% of the labor force - correct answer ✔46%
there is a (increase/decrease) in labor force participants for mothers - correct answer ✔increase
what can policymakers do to empower women? - correct answer ✔- equal pay for equal work
- paid maternity leave
women make, on average, _____ than men across the united states - correct answer ✔less
women earn, on average, _____% of what men earn - correct answer ✔82%
, approximately what % of members of the government are female? - correct answer ✔21%
despite earning less money than men, women are often ______ of the family - correct answer ✔the
sole provider
feminism - correct answer ✔female movement for gender equality
important pieces of black feminist thought - correct answer ✔- oppressions are interconnected
structures
- rejects the notion of additive approaches
- both/and conceptual stance emphasizing varying amounts of penalty and privilege
empowerment - correct answer ✔rejecting dimensions of knowledge that perpetuate dehumanization
how can women empower themselves and others? - correct answer ✔- creative acts of resistance
- sanctuaries where black people are nurtured
how are black women as agents of general knowledge a good example of empowerment? - correct
answer ✔- can speak for all and to a variety of experiences
- blood mothers
- other mothers (fictive kin)
- community other mothers
individual level of domination - correct answer ✔emphasizes power of self- definition & to resist being
defined by the dominant culture
ex. --> not being defined as "mammy"
