PHI 208 WEEK 5 QUIZ

PHI 208 WEEK 5 QUIZ Question 1 1 / 1 pts According to Virginia Held from “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”, which of the following have been aligned with femininity in the history of Western thought? emotion weakness passion Correct! all of the above The answer can be found in the section titled “The History of Ethics” from Virginia Held’s article. Question 2 1 / 1 pts According to Caroline Heldman, what product was pulled from Abercrombie and Fitch stores based on protests through a blog? Correct! padded swimsuit tops for toddlers lingerie deep V-neck t-shirts yoga pants The answer can be found in the video “The Sexy Lie” Question 3 1 / 1 pts According to Caroline Heldman, what is the name of being aware of one’s appearance in relation to position, light, who is watching, etc. ? self-awareness anorexia depression Correct! habitual body monitoring The answer can be found in the video “The Sexy Lie” Question 4 1 / 1 pts According to Colin Stokes, which of the following are questions in the Bechdel test? Is there more than one female character? Do they speak to each other? When they speak to each other, do they talk about something other than a man? Correct! all of the above The answer can be found in the video “Colin Stokes: How Movies Teach Manhood” Question 5 1 / 1 pts In “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”, Virginia Held uses which example to talk about the political distinctions that separate men and women in the realms of the public and the private? a business man going out for cocktails a city planner developing a building a mother homeschooling her children Correct! a mother nursing her child The answer can be found in the section titled “The Public and the Private” from Virginia Held’s article. Question 6 1 / 1 pts According to the the video “Prostitutes of God”, what is the name of the female goddess to which young girls are dedicated and then forced into prostitution in India? Correct! Yellamma Vishnu Krishna Lakshmi The answer can be found in the video “Prostitutes of God” Question 7 1 / 1 pts In the video “Sexism in the News Media 2012” what is it that some newscasters blame military women for? being killed in combat not being able to have children Correct! being raped being war heroes The answer can be found in the video “Sexism in News Media 2012” Question 8 1 / 1 pts According to Gilligan, stages five and six of Kohlberg’s analysis of moral development involve an egocentric understanding of fairness shared conventions of societal agreement a disposition of emotional affectivity Correct! a logic of equality and reciprocity The answer can be found on page 27 of Carol Gilligan’s In a Different Voice Question 9 1 / 1 pts According to Caroline Heldman, what is one way that men can contribute to overcoming the sexual objectification of women? they can be kind to women they can tell women that they are attractive Correct! they can stop evaluating women based on their looks they can stop seeking attention The answer can be found in the video “The Sexy Lie” Question 10 1 / 1 pts What does Nel Noddings have to say about essentialism about gender, according to the article “Maternal Ethics”? Correct! It is problematic because it has been associated with creation and because it has always favored males over females It is the clearly false view that men and women have essences It wrongly assumes that God could not have made us in ways that were contrary to our ‘essential nature’ Culture is irrelevant; all of our behaviors are innate The answer can be found on p. 214 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics” Question 11 1 / 1 pts What does Nel Noddings say about rates of violent crime among men and women, according to the article “Maternal Ethics”? Women commit nearly as much crime as men do; gender differences here are illusory Men commit far fewer violent crimes than women; our ignorance of this is due to the influence of media. There has never been a proven case of a woman committing a violent crime; all such crimes have been committed by men. Correct! By nature men are generally much more violence prone than women The answer can be found on p. 213-214 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics” Question 12 1 / 1 pts According to Virginia Held in “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”, feminist theories of self: Correct! see the self as related to specific humans in relationship see human selves primarily in competitive terms relate the individual to universal attempt to do away with the notion of the self altogether attempt to prove that the female self is naturally superior to the male self The answer can be found in the section titled “The Concept of Self” from Virginia Held’s article. Question 13 1 / 1 pts In Carol Gilligan’s In a Different Voice, the example of Heinz involves which crime? murder Correct! theft arson racketeering The answer can be found on pages 25 and 26 of Carol Gilligan’s In a Different Voice Question 14 1 / 1 pts How have historians tended to treat typically male tendencies versus typically female tendencies, according to Nel Noddings in the article “Maternal Ethics”? Historians value female tendencies more highly because it is childbearing and childrearing that enable the group to survive Correct! Male tendencies, like mathematics, warfare, and even singing have been prized more highly by historians Historians have generally paid equal regard to both kinds of tendency. Historians value female tendencies more highly because most historians have themselves been female The answer can be found on p. 215-216 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics” Question 15 1 / 1 pts According to the the video “Prostitutes of God”, what is the name for prostitutes in India who have been dedicated to a female goddess? Correct! Devadasi Hindus Hiermala Sangli The answer can be found in the video “Prostitutes of God” Question 16 1 / 1 pts According to Colin Stokes, in which film are all the heroic, wise, and villainous characters female? Correct! The Wizard of Oz The Little Mermaid Star Wars Les Miserables The answer can be found in the video “Colin Stokes: How Movies Teach Manhood” Question 17 1 / 1 pts In Carol Gilligan’s example from In a Different Voice, the child named Amy focuses on which aspect of the Heinz dilemma? Correct! the relationships involved in the dilemma the logical nature of the problem a utilitarian calculus that weighs the options Kohlberg’s theory of moral development The answer can be found on page 28 of Carol Gilligan’s In a Different Voice Question 18 1 / 1 pts According to Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics”, psychiatric studies have revealed which of the following about the relationship between criminal violence and childhood abuse? Criminal violence follows childhood abuse equally in males and females Correct! When criminal violence follows childhood abuse it is almost always in males Women are more likely to commit criminal violence if the childhood abuse was at a younger age No correlation has been found at all between criminal violence and childhood abuse The answer can be found on p. 213 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics” Question 19 1 / 1 pts In “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”, Virginia Held claims that which abstract concept has guided the development of Western ethics? The feminist woman The child of love Correct! The man of reason The mother of care The answer can be found in the section titled “The History of Ethics” from Virginia Held’s article. Question 20 1 / 1 pts Feminist ethics is based around which of the following ideas, according to Virginia Held in “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”? That abstract universal principles can be applied to most situations to find the best action. Correct! That emotions can be cultivated and ought to be taken into account in ethical theory. That maximizing something like happiness or pleasure is the best way to guide action. That all humans are autonomous individuals who battle for resources. The answer can be found in the section titled “Reason and Emotion” from Virginia Held’s article. Quiz Score: 20 out of 20 Last Attempt Details: 2 More Attempts available Take the Quiz Again (Will keep the highest of all your scores)