Deck 14: A Gendered View of Physical Health

Question 1

It has been widely assumed (and often still is) that there are no gender differences in the etiology, symptoms, or treatment responses of physical illnesses because:

A) Medical care and treatment concerning health problems, whether developed during infancy, adolescence, adulthood, or old age, show no differences for females and males
B) Women have been understudied and sex and gender are not considered important variables in the advancement of scientific and medical knowledge
C) Stereotyped attitudes towards women and men, derived from mythological, religious, or sociocultural constructions of women and men had no influence on medical research
D) Women did not get sick as often as men so there was no need to study their issues separately

Answer 1

Women have been understudied and sex and gender are not considered important variables in the advancement of scientific and medical knowledge

Question 2

In the early 19^th century, a woman would be diagnosed with_______________, if she would faint or throw her limbs about without control, her back would arch, and her entire body would become rigid.

A) Neurasthenia
B) Acute and maladaptive behavior
C) Panic disorder
D) Hysteria

Answer 2

Hysteria

Question 3

In the early 19^th century, a woman would be diagnosed with__________________, if she experienced blushing, headaches, and neuralgia, insomnia, anorexia, and depression.

A) Neurasthenia
B) Acute and maladaptive behavior
C) Panic disorder
D) Hysteria

Answer 3

Neurasthenia

Question 4

The last officially reported clitoridectomy procedure in the United States was carried out in the

A) Mid 1600s
B) Mid 1700s
C) Mid 1800s
D) Mid 1900s

Question 5

In the latter part of the eighteenth century, ovariotomy was conducted

A) As a method for birth control
B) To control psychological disorders
C) To decrease women's sexual drive
D) To increase women's sexual drive

Question 6

Until the women's movement, diagnoses of women's disorders were based on their:

A) Brain functions
B) Central nervous system
C) Uterus and ovaries
D) Hormones

Question 7

In the 19^th century, physicians paid no attention to:

A) Menstruation
B) Pregnancy
C) Menopause
D) Osteoporosis

Question 8

__________________has/have great implications on women's health issues

A) Physician's gender biases
B) Politics
C) Culture
D) All of the above

Question 9

Until the World Health Organization provided a new definition of "health," it basically meant:

A) The absence of disease
B) Not being sick
C) Something negative
D) All of the above

Question 10

There is evidence that physicians are more likely to view a woman's illness as:

A) Chronic
B) Psychogenic
C) Pseudo chronic
D) Acute

Question 11

Evidence that women visit physicians more frequently than men can be explained as

A) Women have less tolerance for pain
B) Women show a higher incidence of fatal chronic diseases
C) Women need and value attention
D) Male perception of gender roles

Question 12

____________ is defined as a negative emotional experience that is usually associated with physiological, psychological, environmental, and behavioral changes.

A) Depression
B) Distressed
C) Stress
D) Pain threshold

Question 13

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for:

A) Men
B) Women
C) Both men and women
D) Children

Question 14

Among the following choices, which is the most prevalent cause of death for women?

A) Breast cancer
B) Lung cancer
C) HIV/AIDS
D) Sexually transmitted diseases

Question 15

In regard to gender differences concerning effects of smoking

A) Female smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer than male smokers
B) Male smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer than female smokers
C) Effects seem to be equal
D) Effects depend more on race than gender

Question 16

Denmark et al (1994-1995) reviewed studies of lung cancer research published in 1984 and 1992. Conclusions show:

A) The gender of subjects was frequently unspecified
B) When gender was identified, male subjects predominated
C) There was little or no description of treatment responses by gender.
D) All of the above

Question 17

HIV/AIDS is the fastest growing disease for:

A) Women
B) African Americans
C) Hispanic Americans
D) All of the above

Question 18

One of the reasons women engage in unsafe sex practices is:

A) Not enough power with partner
B) Risky personality
C) Not wanting to sound demanding
D) Not wanting to spoil the romance

Question 19

______________is symptomatic in women and frequently in men.

A) Human Papilloma
B) Syphilis
C) Chlamydia
D) Gonorrhea

Question 20

_____________and________________ are associated with low socioeconomic groups.

A) Gonorrhea; syphilis
B) Syphilis; Chlamydia
C) Chlamydia; Gonorrhea
D) Chlamydia; HIV/AIDS

Question 21

Although life expectancy favors women, they are ill more often than men. How could that be explained?

Question 22

Discuss three issues related to women's and men's health where gender roles exert influence.

Question 23

Some argue that sexually transmitted diseases are inherently sexist because they hurt women more than men. What would their argument include?

Question 24

How do gender stereotypes endanger women's physical health and lives?