WMS 1010 - Introduction to Women's Studies » Winter 2023 » Unit One Quiz Theories and Manifestos

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Question #1
According to your readings, is feminism a cohesive, singular movement?
A.   yes
B.   no
Question #2
Match the term: Gender Role
A.   A worldview or ideology that assumes and promotes heterosexuality as the preferred sexual orientation and expression.
B.   A term that refers to hiding one's sexual preference.
C.   A term that describes when an individual's gender assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity and gender expression.
D.   Refers to the clothing, characteristics, traits, and behaviors culturally associated with masculinity and femininity.
Question #3
Match the term: Intersectionality
A.   Theory that our knowledge of gender, race, and class, sexuality, ethnicity, body size, ability, religion, and nationality are tied to social processes and therefore constantly being created and recreated by human beings within specific cultural contexts.
B.   A general fear or dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality as a culture.
C.   A worldview or ideology that assumes and promotes heterosexuality as the preferred sexual orientation and expression.
D.   A term that discusses the interlocking systems of opression of gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, etc. that shape people's experience and access to power.
Question #4
Match the term: Bisexual
A.   A term that describes when an individual's gender assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity and gender expression.
B.   A term that describes individuals who are not sexually attracted to others or are not interested in sex.
C.   An umbrella term that describes peoples whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the gender they were assigned at birth.
D.   Describes a person who is attracted to both men and women.
Question #5
Match the term: Closeted
A.   People who are born with physical sex markers that are neither male or female.
B.   An umbrella term that describes peoples whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the gender they were assigned at birth.
C.   A term that describes when an individual's gender assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity and gender expression.
D.   A term that refers to hiding one's sexual preference.
Question #6
Match the term: Cisgender
A.   A term that describes individuals who are not sexually attracted to others or are not interested in sex.
B.   A term that describes when an individual's gender assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity and gender expression.
C.   An umbrella term that describes peoples whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the gender they were assigned at birth.
D.   People who are born with physical sex markers that are neither male or female.
Question #7
Match the term: Transgender
A.   Describes a person who is attracted to both men and women.
B.   An umbrella term that describes peoples whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the gender they were assigned at birth.
C.   A term that describes when an individual's gender assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity and gender expression.
D.   A term that refers to hiding one's sexual preference.
Question #8
Match the term: Intersexed
A.   A term that discusses the interlocking systems of opression of gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, etc. that shape people's experience and access to power.
B.   A term that refers to hiding one's sexual preference.
C.   Describes a person who is attracted to both men and women.
D.   People who are born with physical sex markers that are neither male or female.
Question #9
Match the term: Social Constructionism
A.   A general fear or dislike of of individuals who do not conform to dominant gender categories.
B.   Theory that our knowledge of gender, race, and class, sexuality, ethnicity, body size, ability, religion, and nationality are tied to social processes and therefore constantly being created and recreated by human beings within specific cultural contexts.
C.   A worldview or ideology that assumes and promotes heterosexuality as the preferred sexual orientation and expression.
D.   A general fear or dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality as a culture.
Question #10
Match the term: Assexual
A.   A term that discusses the interlocking systems of opression of gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability, etc. that shape people's experience and access to power.
B.   A term that refers to hiding one's sexual preference.
C.   A term that describes individuals who are not sexually attracted to others or are not interested in sex.
D.   A term that describes when an individual's gender assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity and gender expression.
Question #11
Match the term: Heteronormative
A.   The gender assigned to children and used to socialize them into boy/man and girl/woman.
B.   A term that describes individuals who are not sexually attracted to others or are not interested in sex.
C.   Theory that our knowledge of gender, race, and class, sexuality, ethnicity, body size, ability, religion, and nationality are tied to social processes and therefore constantly being created and recreated by human beings within specific cultural contexts.
D.   A worldview or ideology that assumes and promotes heterosexuality as the preferred sexual orientation and expression.
Question #12
Match the term: Gender Status
A.   A general fear or dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality as a culture.
B.   The gender assigned to children and used to socialize them into boy/man and girl/woman.
C.   A term that describes individuals who are not sexually attracted to others or are not interested in sex.
D.   A general fear or dislike of of individuals who do not conform to dominant gender categories.
Question #13
Match the term: Homophobia
A.   The gender assigned to children and used to socialize them into boy/man and girl/woman.
B.   A general fear or dislike of of individuals who do not conform to dominant gender categories.
C.   A general fear or dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality as a culture.
D.   A worldview or ideology that assumes and promotes heterosexuality as the preferred sexual orientation and expression.
Question #14
Match the term: Transphobia
A.   A worldview or ideology that assumes and promotes heterosexuality as the preferred sexual orientation and expression.
B.   The gender assigned to children and used to socialize them into boy/man and girl/woman.
C.   A general fear or dislike of of individuals who do not conform to dominant gender categories.
D.   A general fear or dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality as a culture.
Question #15
According to the framers of the Combahee River Collective Statement, Black feminism has connections to several movements. Which movement is NOT connected to Black feminism?
A.   Black Panthers Movement 
B.   Civil Rights Movement 
C.   Black Nationalism
D.   Human Rights
Question #16
The Combahee River Collective was drafted by Black women who identified as heterosexual.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #17
According to the framers of the Combahee River Collective, the reaction of Black men to Black women organizing under the guise of feminism was ___________________.
A.   Negative
B.   Positive
Question #18
When drafting the Declaration of Sentiments, the framers used or borrowed language from which document?
A.   The Communist Manifesto 
B.   The U.S. Constitution 
C.   The Blueprint vol. 2
D.   Declaration of Independence
Question #19
Which woman served on the United Nation's Commission on Human Rights?
A.   Mary Church Terrell 
B.   Lucy Stone 
C.   Elizabeth Caddy Stanton 
D.   Elenaor Roosevelt
Question #20
Which woman is credited as one of the few if only, examples of white women who allied with Black women to support their causes?
A.   Estelle Friedman
B.   Sorjoruner Truth
C.   Elizabeth Caddy Stanton 
D.   Lucretia Mott
E.   Lucy Stone 
Question #21
Which scholar argued that, in terms of linguistics, history is generally conveyed with an over emphasis on masculine pronouns, which marginalize women to the point of invisibility.
A.   Simone Beauvoir 
B.   Emma Goldman 
C.   Betty Friedman 
D.   Margaret Sanger 
Question #22
To be labeled a feminist can be interpreted as an insult.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #23
Were men present at the Seneca Falls Convention?
A.   no
B.   yes

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