Soc 324 - Sociology of Sex and Gender 2 » Summer 2020 » Quiz 6

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Question #1
More than half of all female murder victims are killed by:
A.   someone just out of prison
B.   a stranger who breaks in.
C.   someone with a mental illness.
D.   a current or former intimate partner or family member.
Question #2
In addition to racism, native activists argue that one reason why missing and murdered indigenous women do not get much media coverage is:
A.   native populations are relatively small.
B.   the FBI handles most of the cases.
C.   lack of data on the scope of the problem.
D.   fighting between Canadian and US governments.
Question #3
Around ____________ of rapes are committed by a stranger.
A.   40%
B.   50%
C.   20%
D.   80%
Question #4
Aboriginal women are murdered at a rate __________ non-aboriginal women.
A.   at the same rate as
B.   less than
C.   four times that of
D.   two times that of
Question #5
In her article, “Why Consensual Sex Can Still Be Bad,” Traister (2015) argues that we need to move away from talking only about consent as the ultimate goal of sex and focus on:
A.   good sex.
B.   unplanned pregnancies.
C.   monogamy
D.   sexually-transmitted diseases.
Question #6
The majority of gender non-conforming people who are murdered in the US are:
A.   non-binary people of color.
B.   transgender men of color.
C.   non-binary white people.
D.   transgender women of color.
Question #7
The trans panic defense is the idea that murder should be excused because the defendant was __________ by the trans person to have a romantic or sexual relationship with them.
A.   drugged
B.   denied
C.   paid
D.   tricked
Question #8
As of March 2020, ___________ states ban use of the trans panic defense in court.
A.   10
B.   1
C.   5
D.   all 50
Question #9
In Mexico City, women organized "A Day Without Us" to protest the government's lack of response to:
A.   the economic downturn.
B.   the murder of women.
C.   the right to abortion.
D.   equal pay for women.
Question #10
"A Rapist In Your Path" is a protest song created by feminists in:
A.   Bulgaria.
B.   the United States.
C.   Portugal.
D.   Chile.
Question #11
The founders of Black Lives Matter argue that their focus on ________________ has been overlooked in the discourse about the movement.
A.   police brutality
B.   violence against black men
C.   queerness
D.   criminal justice reform
Question #12
The Women of the KKK lobbied, among other things for:
A.   the ability to work outside the home.
B.   the right to have black housekeepers.
C.   white women’s right to vote.
D.   the right for white women to marry outside their race.
Question #13
Some scholars argue that gender matters to white supremacists movements because women are used:
A.   to run for political office.
B.   to normalize the movement.
C.   as the primary figureheads in the media.
D.   as leaders of mass protests.
Question #14
Radical softness means:
A.   embracing emotions and vulnerability without feeling ashamed.
B.   never crying in public.
C.   using your emotions to manipulate people.
D.   buying fabrics from woman-owned stores.
Question #15
Audre Lorde argued that taking care of your own emotional needs is a __________act.
A.   political
B.   racist
C.   unnecessary
D.   selfish
Question #16
The Swedish men in the Latte Papas video:
A.   felt comfortable taking care of their young children at home.
B.   were angry that they had to take parental leave.
C.   wished they were at work rather than at home.
D.   felt isolated being the only dad at home with young children.
Question #17
Some countries have been successful at encouraging men to take advantage of parental leave through a policy:
A.   that paid fathers more to stay home than mothers.
B.   that forced men to stay at home right after the baby was born.
C.   that penalized families for having more than one child.
D.   where couples would lose a month of leave unless the father took it
Question #18
Couples in Sweden are entitled to ________ of paid parental leave.
A.   one year and 4 months
B.   6 weeks
C.   16 weeks
D.   6 months
Question #19
In 2019, women made up an all-time record percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs at:
A.   50%.
B.   60%
C.   10%.
D.   6.6%.
Question #20
Currently, women make up around ____________of Congress.
A.   10%
B.   50%
C.   24%
D.   60%
Question #21
The United States ranks _______________ in terms of women's political representation compared to other countries.
A.   10th
B.   50th
C.   75th
D.   1st
Question #22
Which of the following countries has the lowest percentage of women in federal elected office?
A.   Afghanistan
B.   Rwanda
C.   The United States
D.   Uganda
Question #23
California's Gender Recognition Act allows:
A.   children to change their gender without their parent's consent.
B.   people to select a third gender option on government-issued documents.
C.   doctors to refuse to treat transgender patients.
D.   public funding for gender-related health care.
Question #24
In the Bye Bye Binary podcast, they discuss how in the future gender:
A.   will not exist.
B.   will be decided by the government.
C.   might be treated more like hair color.
D.   will revert to the roles of the 1950s.
Question #25
The Swedish government does not allow:
A.   enforcing gender stereotypes in school.
B.   adolescents to medically transition.
C.   changing your gender on legal documents.
D.   abortion after 20 weeks.

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