Deck 4: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Competing Images of Men

Question 1

This branch of the men's movement encourages men to develop the emotional capacities that society approves of in women but discourages in men.

A) Mythopoetic Men
B) The White Ribbon Campaign
C) Free Men
D) Profeminist Men
E) Postfeminist Men

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to the principles of the _______ movement,men who condone,encourage, or ignore violence are just as guilty as those who act violently.

A) NOMAS
B) Profeminist
C) White Ribbon Campaign
D) Mentors in Violence Prevention
E) Mythopoetic Men

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is/are true of the MVP?

A) MVP was started after the Montreal Massacre in which 14 women were killed.
B) MVP says that if men make a personal commitment to never commit violence, violence will eventually stop.
C) MVP says that men are socialized to be violent and aggressive.
D) They are a masculinist group.
E) All of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

_______ movements are those who work to support feminist movements in addition to working to change the way masculinity is constructed in the United States.

A) Free Men
B) Masculinist
C) Men's equality
D) Profeminist
E) No men's movements support feminism.

Question 5

Which of the following is true of NOMAS?

A) It stands for the National Organization of Men Against Sexism.
B) It celebrates traditionally masculine values of courage and ambition.
C) It condemns traditionally masculine values of aggression and emotional insensitivity.
D) It attempts to help men understand how their emotional development has been hindered by our culture's view of masculinity.
E) All of the above.

Question 6

NOMAS,MVP,and mythopoetics all agree that the current construction of masculinity can be harmful.

Question 7

Masculinist movements assert that men suffer from discrimination and that men need to reclaim their rightful status as men.

Question 8

Mentors in Violence Prevention

Question 9

Promise Keepers see reconnecting with God's commandments as the path for men to regain wholeness.

Question 10

Profeminists endeavor to cultivate emotions that they feel have been suppressed by masculine socialization.

Question 11

Football coach Joe Ehrmann,who stresses to his team the value of building relationships,loving one another,and accepting love,is enacting a traitorous identity.

Question 12

The Promise Keepers developed in response to a horrific act of violence against women that took place in Montreal (sometimes referred to as the Montreal Massacre).

Question 13

Mythopoetic men argue that modern men experience emotional emptiness related to yearning to be close to their fathers.

Question 14

Free Men believe that men are discriminated against,although not as much as women are.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of men's rights activists?

A) They aim to educate men about socialization that links masculinity to violence and aggression to motivate them to reject violence.
B) They voice public support for women's rights and men's personal development.
C) They engage in interpersonal persuasion to convince friends and coworkers to alter discriminatory attitudes and practices.
D) They believe that violence against women is not just a women's issue.
E) They aim to restore the traditional roles of men and women, and with that the privileges that men historically enjoyed.

Question 16

Jake is at a party with a large group of men when his friend Dan makes a sexist joke about the physical appearance of a woman they all know.Instead of laughing,Jake tells Dan that he thinks the joke is inappropriate and that he'd prefer that Dan did not talk about women that way in front of him.What type of identity has Jake performed in this scenario?

A) an offensive identity
B) a men's rights identity
C) a traitorous identity
D) a Free Men identity
E) none of the above

Question 17

This men's movement professes that most men are not violent and that men should work together to change the few who are violent.

A) White Ribbon Campaign
B) Mentors in Violence Prevention
C) NOMAS
D) Free Men
E) none of the above

Question 18

When men observe sexist or violent behavior aimed at women and do not intervene,they are enacting bystander behavior.

Question 19

Which movement asked men to rededicate themselves to their families,spiritual transformation,and political action?

A) Million Man March
B) Mythopoetic Men
C) Free Men
D) White Ribbon Campaign
E) Profeminists

Question 20

Which of the following movements is a multifaceted effort to stimulate a national conversation about what it means to be a good man today?

A) The Promise Keepers
B) Mythopoetic Men
C) NOMAS
D) The Good Men Project
E) Mentors in Violence Prevention

Question 21

The Good Men Project

Question 22

Men's rights activist

Question 23

The Men's Rights Movement argues that a number of contemporary policies and practices are discriminatory towards men; moreover,some men's rights groups argue that feminism is at least partially responsible for the implementation of these practices and policies.Identify one contemporary policy or practice that men's movements have identified as discriminatory and explain whether or not you agree with that classification.

Question 24

Mythopoetic men

Question 25

Describe what is meant by a traitorous identity.Then,either hypothetically or from your own experience,describe a scenario in which someone performs a traitorous identity.Why do you think this behavior is difficult for some people? Why is it important to perform?

Question 26

Identify the goals and the beliefs of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP)and the White Ribbon Campaign (WRC).Then discuss similarities and differences between the two.Within your answer,define bystander behavior,indicate which group highlights this,and explain how the concept is relevant to thinking about our personal agency in shaping gendered attitudes and beliefs.

Question 27

Traitorous identity

Question 28

Bystander behavior