WST 371 QUIZ 2 ACTUAL EXAM 2026 TEST
BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ Gender. Answer: socially constructed though the popular view was
that it is biologically determined; we are born male and female but we
learn gender through society; masculinity and femininity
⩥ Race. Answer: also a social construction- but like gender biological
theories have been used. In fact, there is no one gene for race; based on
outward physical features, socially defined as belonging together
because of physical markers
⩥ Ethnicity. Answer: shared cultures and experiences
⩥ Class. Answer: a social category based on wealth and occupation;
refers to people of the same socioeconomic level; based on job or
profession as part of social status
⩥ Sexuality. Answer: behaviors and ideas/attitudes about sex;
relationship between the two
⩥ Sexual Scripts. Answer: basic ideas we have about how one should
engage in sexual activity; for example: men are supposed to initiate sex,
, men have a bigger sex drive; women are supposed to be pursued not the
pursuers; etc.
⩥ Popular Culture. Answer: media disseminated to a mass audience
⩥ Feminism. Answer: there are many definitions of feminism, but
generally it is considered a movement/attitude for equality between and
among the sexes, not superiority of one sex over the other - equality in
all realms of society
⩥ Beauty Myth. Answer: women of all ages who "buy into" the
youth/beauty culture and will engage in many types of beauty
regimens/rituals to obtain or maintain society's standards of "beautiful"
⩥ Madonna/***** Dichotomy. Answer: straddling the lines between
innocence and promiscuity; childlike and innocent but sexy;
women/girls have been socialized to play with their sexuality in this
manner - "look but don't touch" - one icon who set the standard for this
in American culture is Marilyn Monroe
⩥ The Male Gaze. Answer: view of women through the male "lens"
camera/film women are presented in an overly sexual manner in the
media: magazines, films, TV, music industry to appeal to the male gaze
BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ Gender. Answer: socially constructed though the popular view was
that it is biologically determined; we are born male and female but we
learn gender through society; masculinity and femininity
⩥ Race. Answer: also a social construction- but like gender biological
theories have been used. In fact, there is no one gene for race; based on
outward physical features, socially defined as belonging together
because of physical markers
⩥ Ethnicity. Answer: shared cultures and experiences
⩥ Class. Answer: a social category based on wealth and occupation;
refers to people of the same socioeconomic level; based on job or
profession as part of social status
⩥ Sexuality. Answer: behaviors and ideas/attitudes about sex;
relationship between the two
⩥ Sexual Scripts. Answer: basic ideas we have about how one should
engage in sexual activity; for example: men are supposed to initiate sex,
, men have a bigger sex drive; women are supposed to be pursued not the
pursuers; etc.
⩥ Popular Culture. Answer: media disseminated to a mass audience
⩥ Feminism. Answer: there are many definitions of feminism, but
generally it is considered a movement/attitude for equality between and
among the sexes, not superiority of one sex over the other - equality in
all realms of society
⩥ Beauty Myth. Answer: women of all ages who "buy into" the
youth/beauty culture and will engage in many types of beauty
regimens/rituals to obtain or maintain society's standards of "beautiful"
⩥ Madonna/***** Dichotomy. Answer: straddling the lines between
innocence and promiscuity; childlike and innocent but sexy;
women/girls have been socialized to play with their sexuality in this
manner - "look but don't touch" - one icon who set the standard for this
in American culture is Marilyn Monroe
⩥ The Male Gaze. Answer: view of women through the male "lens"
camera/film women are presented in an overly sexual manner in the
media: magazines, films, TV, music industry to appeal to the male gaze
