GWS 300 - Women as Agents of Change » Spring 2021 » Quiz 5

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Question #1
According to Hawkesworth, the reason so few women are in national political leadership globally has to do with:
A.   The fact that men have historically used the state to strengthen their own power and ban women from political participation
B.   None of these
C.   Women's abilities to give birth
D.   Women's insecurities
Question #2
According to Hawkesworth, women and people of color (indigenous Americans, and people of Africa and Asia) were excluded from participation in democratic governance because:
A.   They were seen unfit for self governance. Both groups were believed to be lower in the natural hierarchy of humankind. It allowed white men to secure and maintain power for themselves
B.   They were seen unfit for self governance. Both groups were believed to be lower in the natural hierarchy of humankind. Because women and people of color were not smart enough
C.   All of these
D.   Both groups were believed to be lower in the natural hierarchy of humankind.Because women and people of color were not smart enough
Question #3
According to Hawkesworth, in British North American colonies and in France, men and women overthrew monarchies and proclaimed self governance as a right of citizens. However, women did not achieve equal citizenship with men because:
A.   They were uneducated and unfit to be given equal rights
B.   They were not interested in gaining rights
C.   Most male revolutionaries saw women as dangerous, corrupt, and a threat to the political order
D.   Most male revolutionaries believed in the rights of women and children
Question #4
According to Hawkesworth, even as white men in France and the US created ideals of citizenship and equality, they created a 'domestic model of womanhood,' for women. This model:
A.   None of these
B.   Assigned women to the home and reframed her political work as situated firmly within the home
C.   Wanted women to work public jobs but without pay
D.   Insisted that women work both inside and outside of the homes
Question #5
According to Hawkesworth, European male constructed themselves as:
A.   Opposite to their constructions of African and other men of color who were seen as animal like and threatening
B.   Irrational individuals who by nature were least suited to ruling both women and non-White men
C.   Equals of African, Asian and indigenous men
D.   All of these
Question #6
According to Hawkesworth, quotas to include women in political institutions have been:
A.   Only a Western invention
B.   Fully effective and have almost erased gender bias in politics
C.   Fully ineffective in helping reduce gender disparity in politics
D.   Partially effective in increasing women's participation in politics since the 1990s, but still has its shortcomings
Question #7
The rise of women in the Rwandan parliament can be attributed to:
A.   Rwandan women's literacy rate rising by 20 percent in the last decade
B.   the end of patriarchal culture in post-genocide Rwanda
C.   none of these
D.   The post-genocide constitution setting aside a quota of 30% women in all decision making bodies
Question #8
Despite their rise in political leadership, what kinds of obstacles do Rwandan female political leaders continue to face?
A.   All of these
B.   lack of campaign financing
C.   persistent gender stereotypes and patriarchal attitudes such as suspicion by the community and husbands that the women go to work to meet men
D.   limited enforcement of gender equality laws
E.   lower levels of education and technical skills
Question #9
What are some state practices that Stacy Abrams identifies as impeding the voting rights of African Americans in Georgia
A.   policies on registration such as voter-I.D. laws and voter-roll purges
B.   the restriction of number of polling stations
C.   the use of faulty voting machines
D.   All of these
Question #10
If Stacy Abrams had won the governorship of Georgia, she would have joined the ranks of several Black female governors in the country
A.   False
B.   True
Question #11
Currently in the US, women of color constitute four percent of statewide elective executives.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
Why was the spring of 1992 an important moment in the making of Abrams’ political life?
A.   Abrams organized her fellow students to call out the news networks for their portrayal of the events
B.   She met with Mayor Maynard Jackson, Atlanta’s first Black Mayor, and castigated his record and his leadership on police violence and civil rights
C.   All of these
D.   It was the year when four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King, an African-American construction worker.

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