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

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