Contemporary Women's Health, Kolander - Complete test bank - exam questions - quizzes (updated 2022)

Ch01
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1. Sexism is:
A. a focus on gender issues
B. an attitude of bias or act of discrimination based on gender
C. designing one's lifestyle based on gender preferences
D. a societal approach to empower women
2. To respond to the need for research in women's health the NIH began a study referred to as the:
A. Women's Health Initiative
B. National Health Institute
C. Nurses Health Study
D. Office of Research on Women's Health
3. A hatred of women is called:
A. misogyny
B. sexual discrimination
C. sexism
D. heterosexism
4. A term to describe a person that advocates for equal rights for all persons with a special focus on
women's concerns is a:
A. sexist
B. feminist
C. abolitionist
D. heterosexist
5. The constitutional amendment passed in 1920 to give U.S. women the right to vote was the:
A. Fourteenth Amendment
B. Sixteenth Amendment
C. Nineteenth Amendment
D. Twentieth Amendment
6. What legislation prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national
origin (for companies with 15 or more employees)?
A. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B. Title VIII of the Affirmative Action Act of 1964
C. Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
D. Title V of the Civil Rights Act of 1972
7. The Women's Health Initiative studies women ages ______.
A. 50-79
B. 45-80
C. 35-65
D. 25-65
8. What 1963 publication contributed to the second women's social movement in the U.S. in the 1970s?
A. A Vindication of the Rights of Women
B. The Equal Rights Amendment
C. Our Bodies Ourselves
D. The Feminine Mystique

,9. A woman who was a major organizer and speaker at the first women's rights conference held in Seneca
Falls, New York was:
A. Gloria Steinam
B. Betty Friedan
C. Susan B. Anthony
D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
10. This woman is the most recognizable name from the woman's suffrage movement; she delivered many
speeches on women's rights across the U.S. and was a close friend of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
A. Lucretia Mott
B. Susan B. Anthony
C. Margaret Sanger
D. Dorthea Dix
11. The U.S. State Department estimates that between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked for forced
labor and sex worldwide each year. What percent are women and girls?
A. 60
B. 90
C. 80
D. 75
12. The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women was:
A. Mary Wollstonecraft
B. Lucretia Mott
C. Betty Friedan
D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
13. The author of The Feminist Mystique, was:
A. Margaret Sanger
B. The Boston Women's Health Collective
C. Betty Friedan
D. Mary Breckinridge
14. In 1963, U.S. women made 58 cents for every dollar earned by men. The legislation passed this same
year as an attempt to remediate a lack of gender equity in salary was called:
A. Civil Rights Act
B. Equal Pay Act
C. Paycheck Fairness Act
D. Gender Equity Act
15. In 1979, a treatise title, Sexual Harassment of the Working Woman, was written and published by a young
law professor named:
A. Catharine MacKinnon
B. Carmita Wood
C. Lin Farley
D. Hilary Clinton
16. A national law making the practice of genital mutilation illegal in the U.S passed in the year 2006.
True False
17. The first conviction for female genital mutilation in the U.S. occurred in the year 2006.
True False
18. The first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S. was Dorthea Dix.
True False
19. The traditional medical model is primarily reactive.
True False

,20. The Nurses Health Study was the first comprehensive study of health issues for women.
True False
21. The leader of the American birth control movement was Margaret Sanger.
True False
22. The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established as a result of an investigation into
the lack of equity in medical research studies on women by the NIH.
True False
23. The Women's Health Initiative is a long-term, national study that focuses on strategies for preventing
cancer and heart disease in premenopausal women.
True False
24. As of the 1990s the majority of human subject studies had been performed on white males.
True False
25. Gender and ethnic bias is prevalent in medical research whereas socioeconomic bias is not.
True False
26. The first major women's social movement in the U.S. began in the early 1900's.
True False
27. Protection against sexual discrimination and sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 was a historical accident.
True False
28. The landmark case that set the precedent for certifying sexual harassment as a class action lawsuit was,
Jackson v. Eveleth.
True False
29. It is difficult to enforce laws against sex traffickers because it is easy to cross international borders.
True False
30. The creation of the term "sexual harassment" dates back to 1965.
True False
31. Describe ways that sexual (gender) discrimination can impact a woman's health.




32. What are some specific international and cultural concerns in women's health?

, 33. What impact did the women's health and social movements have on the status of women in the U.S.?




34. Name and describe the various types of bias in medical research.




35. Describe the impact of the Boston Women's Health Collective on the women's modern health and social
movements.




36. Discuss how rape has been used as a weapon of war. What effort has been made to increase awareness of
this type of violence toward women?




37. Discuss "honor killing" of women both in the U.S. and across the world.




38. Who are Rana Husseini and Fawzia Koofi? What contributions have they each made to better the status
of women in the middle east?