Deck 8: Sexual Assault

Question 1

The book Lucky was so named because the heroine, the victim:

A) Was told by police she was lucky she wasn't killed.
B) Was born rich.
C) Was raped.
D) Had a "good girl" reputation.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Based on interviews of former slaves, interracial sex under slavery was viewed as:

A) Just a fact of life.
B) Exploitative.
C) Providing more advantages than disadvantages to the slave.
D) Consensual.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Writers such as Brownmiller and Griffin helped us to see rape:

A) In either-or terms.
B) As misbehavior but not crime.
C) As a series of acts along a continuum.
D) As victim-precipitated.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

During the college years, according to the CDC, about ______% of female students experienced completed or attempted rape.

A) 5
B) 10
C) 50
D) 20-25

Question 5

Female victims of rape are:

A) More likely to be from low-income backgrounds and live in a high-crime neighborhood.
B) As likely as not to be rich as to be poor.
C) More likely than not to report the crime to the police.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 6

According to statistics, a vulnerability factor for rape is:

A) Young age.
B) Prior history of sexual abuse.
C) Living in a community with a high tolerance for sexual abuse of girls and women.
D) Poverty.
E) all of the above

Question 7

According to WHO, which of the following is a characteristic of sexual offenders?

A) Using addictive substances regularly.
B) Commonly experiencing coercive sexual fantasies.
C) Having a sense of hostility toward women.
D) Having a history of childhood sexual abuse.
E) All of the above

Question 8

Who was the author of Backlash?

A) Faludi
B) Brownmiller
C) Angelou
D) None of the above

Question 9

Who was the author of Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape

A) Faludi
B) Brownmiller
C) Angelou
D) None of the above

Question 10

According to the text, victim blaming is closely related to:

A) Denial of another's suffering.
B) The tendency of the victim to internalize the blame.
C) A belief that women who deviate from societal norms are often blamed if they are raped.
D) All of the above

Question 11

DeKeseredy and Schwartz's male support peer theory is____________in its emphasis.

A) Biological
B) Sociological
C) Economic
D) Anthropological

Question 12

Who was the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

A) Faludi
B) Brownmiller
C) Angelou
D) None of the above

Question 13

Which is a true statement concerning veteran women who were sexually victimized?

A) Few experienced PTSD since they are tough and trained for combat.
B) Of older veterans one study showed 15% in the survey suffered sexual trauma.
C) The commanding officers took direct action to see that the accused service men were court-martialed.
D) A high percentage of the complaints were falsified so the women could get discharged.

Question 14

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings tells the story of:

A) A child traumatized by rape and the aftermath.
B) The killing of the rapist.
C) The healing powers of literature and writing.
D) All of the above

Question 15

According to Klaw et al., rape survivors experience the following phases of adjustment except:

A) Denial-avoidance.
B) Guilt and sexualization.
C) Re-experience and rage.
D) Sexual arousal at the thought of the rapist.

Question 16

In the past, when was the behavior of the victim by the courtroom attorneys taken into consideration?

A) During the encounter
B) Before the encounter
C) After the encounter
D) All of the above

Question 17

In the past, before the 1970s, women who were sexually violated were:

A) Regarded as tainted or damaged.
B) Encouraged to speak out to advocate for others.
C) Viewed as survivors.
D) Urged to go to the police.

Question 18

The end result of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before Congress on the behavior of Brett Kavanaugh was that:

A) Kavanaugh was not appointed to the Supreme Court.
B) Republican senators generally praised her testimony.
C) The witness stated that she was not psychologically upset by what happened to her.
D) None of the above.

Question 19

Based on the facts revealed in the text, women are the most vulnerable to sexual assault are those who:

A) Engage in heavy drinking in public places.
B) Are not careful when engaging in online dating.
C) Work as prostitutes.
D) All of the above.

Question 20

Rape be conceived of in either-or terms by feminist writers in the field.

Question 21

Interracial sex under slavery is viewed today in terms of rape and exploitation.

Question 22

Brownmiller's book reinforced victim blaming of rape victims.

Question 23

According to the CDC, about 20-25% of female college students experience completed or attempted rape.

Question 24

Female victims of rape are less likely to be from low-income backgrounds than high-income backgrounds.

Question 25

Compared to other groups, Asian Americans are more reluctant to report rape to the authorities due to the shame they often feel is brought to their families.

Question 26

The two racial/ethnic groups with the highest rate of sexual victimization as determined in CDC research based on self-reports are multiracial women and Native American women.

Question 27

Victim blaming is defined in terms of denial of another's suffering.

Question 28

Lefkowitz's book Our Guys is a depiction of a rape-free culture.

Question 29

Types of rapists as delineated by Agel (2020) are sadistic, opportunist, and vindictive rapists

Question 30

Of the U.S. veteran women who have been sexually victimized, the perpetrators are most often the enemies of the United States.

Question 31

Interracial sex forced upon masses of Black women was at its most oppressive under the historic period of ___________.

Question 32

Writers such as Brownmiller and Griffin helped us to see rape as a series of acts along a ___________ from the small rapes to the act of forced penetration.

Question 33

One in five women experienced attempted or completed_________in their lifetimes.

Question 34

Victim blaming involves __________ of another's suffering and the placing of blame.

Question 35

Craig et al. in their study of sexual arousal in men viewing rape films used a _________theory to explain rape by some rapists.

Question 36

Denial-avoidance, guilt and sexualization, and re-experience and rage are phases of a survivor's _________ to rape.

Question 37

In the past, the rapist's lawyer could take the behavior of the ________ at all phases of the encounter including her past sexual experiences.

Question 38

Before Congress, Anita Hill offered testimony against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas concerning his _____________ of her.

Question 39

The ___________campaign launched by college students in 2017 brought sexual harassment to the attention of the nation.

Question 40

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Backlash

A) Brownmiller
B) Angelou
C) DeKeseredy and Schwartz
D) Faludi

Question 41

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Peer Support Theory

A) Brownmiller
B) Angelou
C) DeKeseredy and Schwartz
D) Faludi

Question 42

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

A) Brownmiller
B) Angelou
C) DeKeseredy and Schwartz
D) Faludi

Question 43

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape

A) Brownmiller
B) Angelou
C) DeKeseredy and Schwartz
D) Faludi

Question 44

Explain how women who engaged in sex outside of marriage-even against their will-were viewed in the past.

Question 45

Explain how the reconceptualization of rape has been reflected in significant changes in the treatment of victims.

Question 46

What are the vulnerability factors in rape?

Question 47

Discuss sexual harassment in its many forms such as listed by the National Advisory Council on Women's Education Programs in her research on harassment of girls and women.

Question 48

Discuss the connection between laws against rape and laws against property.

Question 49

There has been controversy associated with acquaintance rape and its prosecution. Discuss those controversies.