WST 100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY - LATEST VERSION ()

WST 100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY - LATEST VERSION () bisexuality - Answers sexual attraction to both men and women sexual orientation - Answers a person's attraction to and desire for people of a given sex/ what gender people are attracted to -usually conceived as binary between heterosexuality and homosexuality -3 categores: hetero, homo, bisexual sexual scripts - Answers ideas we have about how people should engage in sexual activity -ideas/stereotypes about men and women created in our society about their proper roles in terms of sexual behavior/activity compulsory heterosexuality - Answers -rule that all men should be attracted to women and all women be attracted to men -the idea that heterosexuality, as the norm, can and should be adopted by people regardless of their personal and sexual preferences. Heterosexuality is rewarded with social privilege -term coined by adrienne rich -makes coming out difficult heteronormativity - Answers -heterosexuality is the norm and the belief that fall into distinct gender(man and woman) with natural roles in life -form of power that exerts itself through the assumed naturalness of specific practices and institutions Ex: discriminating laws, lack of gay visibility in the media -a racialized concept in which white people are implied as the normative subjects of heterosexual experience homophobia - Answers the fear and hatred of sexual minorities (homosexuals/individuals) heterosexism - Answers bias in favor of heterosexuality(cultural); tied to homophobia -disadvantages minorities, advantages heterosexuals queer - Answers unifying sociopolitical umbrella term that refers to sexual identities that are not "Straight" -denaturalizes and calls into question the stability of identity categories based on sexual orientation heteroflexibility - Answers presumably heterosexual women hinting at or experimenting with the same-sex sexuality (Katy Perry's "I kissed a girl") Male gaze - Answers -males do the gazing and females are the objects of the gaze -"men act and women appear. Men look at women, women watch themselves being looked at". -Men= active Women=passive -John Berger- Ways of Seeing -Women receive the gaze, return it but never act on it The Beauty Myth - Answers the cultural imperative for women to be beautiful has taken the place of the cultural imperative that women maintain the domestic sphere. Beauty myth not aout women but about men's institution and male power. -images are not real and are unattainable Cosmetic/plastic surgery - Answers -Previously done on men for war/industrial accidents -now used by women for aesthetic purposes -Number of plastic surgeries increase every year, while the average age of those seeking it drops -One of the most performed is breast augmentation- linked with cultural notions of femininity -"Restored youth" "permanent beauty" Eating disorders - Answers -range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits -8 million people in U.S. have eating disorders, 10% are high school and college-age youth, 90-95% are female -labeled one of the hardest mental illnesses to treat Anorexia Nervosa - Answers -refusal to maintain weight -intense fear of fat -starvation -absence of 3 consecutive menstrual cycles Bulimia Nervosa - Answers -Recurrent episodes of binge eating (2-3 times a week, 3 months) -Loss of control around food -purging Binge eating disorder - Answers -Recurrent episodes of binge eating (2 times a week, 6 months) -Loss of control around food -does not purge Muscle dysmorphia - Answers -Bigorexia -Reverse Anorexia -Andonis complex other disorders - Answers -compulsive exercising -appearance obsession how women of color are portrayed in media - Answers -portrayed specific ways- exotic -shown disproportionate in relation to white women, shown in very narrow, limited ways both in terms of body and sexuality how women in the media are portrayed - Answers -women are given mixed messages in terms of their sexuality; they are to be both sexy and virginal at the same time -plays an instrumental role in constructing and representing "normative" sexuality for women (girls gone wild videos, stripper cardio, hooter shirts) -messages given to women are PASSIVE: told the most important thing is BEAUTY -implies real women need real men Sexuality portrayed in the media - Answers -we get most of our ideas about sexuality and how partners should act in relationships from the media -little to no sex education -high rates of stds and sexual violence against women -americans are exposed to more than 10 hours of media a day- more hours than spent at work -male emphasis on performance female emphasis on appearance the double bind - Answers the conflict women experience when they need or want to work outside the home. Working mothers feel guilty for not spending more time with their children. Women who do not work outside the home can be perceived as lazy, lacking ambition, o