Deck 2: Bodies

Question 1

In "Transgender People, Gender Panics, and the Maintenance of the Sex/Gender/Sexuality System," Laurel Westbrook and Kristen Schilt use which of the following terms to describe the "social process of authenticating another person's gender identity?"

A) doing gender
B) denigrating gender
C) determining gender
D) None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Betsy Lucal in "What It Means to Be Gendered Me: Life on the Boundaries of a Dichotomous Gender System," which term problematizes "the hierarchical nature of gender under patriarchy?"

A) heterosexism
B) homophobia
C) heteropatriarchy
D) All of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In "Morality and Health: News Media Constructions of Overweight and Eating Disorders," Abigail C. Saguy and Kjerstin Gruys note that the American Psychiatric Association defines which of the following terms as "the refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally 'normal weight' for age and height, fear of gaining weight or becoming 'fat,' and denial of the gravity of one's low body weight?"

A) anorexia
B) bulimia
C) reverse obesity
D) None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to Abigail C. Saguy and Kjerstin Gruys in "Morality and Health: News Media Constructions of Overweight and Eating Disorders," news articles do not explicitly mention blacks, Latinos, or the poor when they discuss policy solutions to obesity along with which of the following causes?

A) social-structural issues
B) cultural issues
C) biological issues
D) All of the above

Question 5

In "Yearning for Lightness: Transnational Circuits in the Marketing and Consumption of Skin Lighteners," Evelyn Nakano Glenn defines which of the following terms as "the preference for and privileging of lighter skin and discrimination against those with darker skin?"

A) racism
B) colorism
C) white supremacy
D) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the dimensions of age relations defined by Toni Calasanti, Kathleen F. Slevin, and Neal King in "Ageism and Feminism: From 'Et Cetera' to Center?"

A) Age serves a social organizing principle.
B) Different age groups gain identities and power in relation to one another.
C) Age relations intersect with other power relations.
D) All of the above

Question 7

According to Toni Calasanti, Kathleen F. Slevin, and Neal King in "Ageism and Feminism: From 'Et Cetera' to Center," which of the following terms describes "the emphasis on youth and vitality that undermines the positive contributions of older people?"

A) cultural imperialism
B) age avoidance
C) elder abuse
D) None of the above

Question 8

Which three considerations guide Cecilia Menjívar's discussion of violence in "A Framework for Examining Violence?"

A) The political economy of violence does not affect everyone in the same way.
B) Violence weighs differently for those in dissimilar social positions.
C) Women and men from different social classes and ethnic and racial backgrounds face dissimilar forms of violence.
D) All of the above

Question 9

In "The Consequences of the Criminal Justice Pipeline on Black and Latino Masculinity," Victor M. Rios defines which of the following terms as "being viewed as a criminal when simply going about routine practices?"

A) hypermasculinity
B) criminalization
C) race-baiting
D) None of the above

Question 10

According to Heather R. Hlavka in "Normalizing Sexual Violence: Young Women Account for Harassment and Abuse," what kind of culture "normalizes and often encourages male power and aggression, particularly within the context of heterosexual relationships?"

A) heteronormative
B) homophobic
C) patriarchal
D) None of the above

Question 11

What are some of the ways in which Toni Calasanti, Kathleen F. Slevin, and Neal King suggest that scholars can eradicate ageism within feminism and Women's Studies in "Ageism and Feminism: From 'Et Cetera' to Center?"

Question 12

Explain how Cecilia Menjívar conducts an intersectional analysis of violence "A Framework for Examining Violence."

Question 13

Describe the relationship between hypermasculinity, criminalization, and race as discussed by Victor M. Rios in "The Consequences of the Criminal Justice Pipeline on Black and Latino Masculinity."