WMNST all quizzes
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, 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
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, 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, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was
written by... - ANS-Mary Wollstonecraft
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 Shaw and Lee reading, a primary focus of a "third wave" feminist
agenda is on... - ANS-sexuality and identity
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, the term "gender studies" reflects a movement
away from a fixed idea of "woman." - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, transgendered people are individuals who identify as
gay or lesbian. - ANS-False
According to the lecture content, medical practitioners tend to try and "fix" intersex
children into binary categories. - ANS-True
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
According to Katz and Butler, feminist scholars best understand gender as... -
ANS-performative
, "Tough Guise" is to the study of masculinity as "Killing Us Softly" is to the study of
femininity. - ANS-True
An "ideal body" is also likely to be a "normative body." - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, objectification means seeing the body as a site of
identity and self-expression. - 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
According to the lecture content, gender can be defined as the biological organizations
of sexual differences. - ANS-False
Jean Kilbourne's studies focus on the role of media in creating beauty standards. -
ANS-True
Telemachus is very respectful of and deferential to his royal mother. - ANS-False
Which attributes of the genre called "the Epic" does Atwood adopt (if only ironically) and
play within The Penelopiad.? (Choose all that apply.) - ANS-the role of The Chorus
the heroic nature of the main character (in this case, Penelope)
the epic's characteristic trial of the hero, who must endure some form of struggle, or
labor, or temptation
At the time this story is narrated, Penelope is... - ANS-Dead
Penelope is the first name of... - ANS-The narrorator
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.
In The Penelopiad, Penelope keeps her suitors at bay by (choose one): - ANS-weaving
a tapestry which she says has to be finished before they are permitted to see her, and
which she never does finish.
In "Engendering Language, Silence and Voice" for what reasons, according to the
author, do women struggle to find a voice in writing? - ANS-Women have been written
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, 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
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, 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, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was
written by... - ANS-Mary Wollstonecraft
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 Shaw and Lee reading, a primary focus of a "third wave" feminist
agenda is on... - ANS-sexuality and identity
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, the term "gender studies" reflects a movement
away from a fixed idea of "woman." - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, transgendered people are individuals who identify as
gay or lesbian. - ANS-False
According to the lecture content, medical practitioners tend to try and "fix" intersex
children into binary categories. - ANS-True
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
According to Katz and Butler, feminist scholars best understand gender as... -
ANS-performative
, "Tough Guise" is to the study of masculinity as "Killing Us Softly" is to the study of
femininity. - ANS-True
An "ideal body" is also likely to be a "normative body." - ANS-True
According to the lecture content, objectification means seeing the body as a site of
identity and self-expression. - 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
According to the lecture content, gender can be defined as the biological organizations
of sexual differences. - ANS-False
Jean Kilbourne's studies focus on the role of media in creating beauty standards. -
ANS-True
Telemachus is very respectful of and deferential to his royal mother. - ANS-False
Which attributes of the genre called "the Epic" does Atwood adopt (if only ironically) and
play within The Penelopiad.? (Choose all that apply.) - ANS-the role of The Chorus
the heroic nature of the main character (in this case, Penelope)
the epic's characteristic trial of the hero, who must endure some form of struggle, or
labor, or temptation
At the time this story is narrated, Penelope is... - ANS-Dead
Penelope is the first name of... - ANS-The narrorator
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.
In The Penelopiad, Penelope keeps her suitors at bay by (choose one): - ANS-weaving
a tapestry which she says has to be finished before they are permitted to see her, and
which she never does finish.
In "Engendering Language, Silence and Voice" for what reasons, according to the
author, do women struggle to find a voice in writing? - ANS-Women have been written
