Deck 1: Introducing Womens Health

Question 1

To respond to the need for research in women's health the NIH began a study referred to as the:

A)Women's Health Initiative
B)National Health Institute
C)Nurses Health Study
D)Office of Research on Women's Health

Answer 1

Women's Health Initiative

Question 2

What legislation prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin (for companies with 15 or more employees)?

A)Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B)Title VIII of the Affirmative Action Act of 1964
C)Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
D)Title V of the Civil Rights Act of 1972

Answer 2

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 3

A hatred of women is called:

A)misogyny
B)sexual discrimination
C)sexism
D)heterosexism

Answer 3

misogyny

Question 4

A term to describe a person that advocates for equal rights for all persons with a special focus on women's concerns is a:

A)sexist
B)feminist
C)abolitionist
D)heterosexist

Question 5

The constitutional amendment passed in 1920 to give U.S.women the right to vote was the:

A)Fourteenth Amendment
B)Sixteenth Amendment
C)Nineteenth Amendment
D)Twentieth Amendment

Question 6

The U.S.State Department estimates that between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked for forced labor and sex worldwide each year.What percent are women and girls?

A)60
B)90
C)80
D)75

Question 7

Sexism is:

A)a focus on gender issues
B)an attitude of bias or act of discrimination based on gender
C)designing one's lifestyle based on gender preferences
D)a societal approach to empower women

Question 8

A woman who was a major organizer and speaker at the first women's rights conference held in Seneca Falls, New York was:

A)Gloria Steinam
B)Betty Friedan
C)Susan B.Anthony
D)Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 9

In 1963, U.S.women made 58 cents for every dollar earned by men.The legislation passed this same year as an attempt to remediate a lack of gender equity in salary was called:

A)Civil Rights Act
B)Equal Pay Act
C)Paycheck Fairness Act
D)Gender Equity Act

Question 10

In 1979, a treatise title, Sexual Harassment of the Working Woman, was written and published by a young law professor named:

A)Catharine MacKinnon
B)Carmita Wood
C)Lin Farley
D)Hilary Clinton

Question 11

What 1963 publication contributed to the second women's social movement in the U.S.in the 1970s?

A)A Vindication of the Rights of Women
B)The Equal Rights Amendment
C)Our Bodies Ourselves
D)The Feminine Mystique

Question 12

The first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.was Dorthea Dix.

Question 13

A national law making the practice of genital mutilation illegal in the U.S passed in the year 2006.

Question 14

The Women's Health Initiative studies women ages ______.

A)50-79
B)45-80
C)35-65
D)25-65

Question 15

This woman is the most recognizable name from the woman's suffrage movement; she delivered many speeches on women's rights across the U.S.and was a close friend of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

A)Lucretia Mott
B)Susan B.Anthony
C)Margaret Sanger
D)Dorthea Dix

Question 16

The traditional medical model is primarily reactive.

Question 17

The Nurses Health Study was the first comprehensive study of health issues for women.

Question 18

The author of The Feminist Mystique, was:

A)Margaret Sanger
B)The Boston Women's Health Collective
C)Betty Friedan
D)Mary Breckinridge

Question 19

The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women was:

A)Mary Wollstonecraft
B)Lucretia Mott
C)Betty Friedan
D)Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 20

The first conviction for female genital mutilation in the U.S.occurred in the year 2006.

Question 21

What impact did the women's health and social movements have on the status of women in the U.S.?

Question 22

Protection against sexual discrimination and sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a historical accident.

Question 23

Name and describe the various types of bias in medical research.

Question 24

What are some specific international and cultural concerns in women's health?

Question 25

The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established as a result of an investigation into the lack of equity in medical research studies on women by the NIH.

Question 26

The creation of the term "sexual harassment" dates back to 1965.

Question 27

Gender and ethnic bias is prevalent in medical research whereas socioeconomic bias is not.

Question 28

The leader of the American birth control movement was Margaret Sanger.

Question 29

Who are Rana Husseini and Fawzia Koofi? What contributions have they each made to better the status of women in the middle east?

Question 30

The landmark case that set the precedent for certifying sexual harassment as a class action lawsuit was, Jackson v.Eveleth.

Question 31

Describe the impact of the Boston Women's Health Collective on the women's modern health and social movements.

Question 32

As of the 1990s the majority of human subject studies had been performed on white males.

Question 33

The Women's Health Initiative is a long-term, national study that focuses on strategies for preventing cancer and heart disease in premenopausal women.

Question 34

It is difficult to enforce laws against sex traffickers because it is easy to cross international borders.

Question 35

Discuss how rape has been used as a weapon of war.What effort has been made to increase awareness of this type of violence toward women?

Question 36

Describe ways that sexual (gender) discrimination can impact a woman's health.

Question 37

The first major women's social movement in the U.S.began in the early 1900's.

Question 38

Discuss "honor killing" of women both in the U.S.and across the world.

Question 39

Describe at least five legislations that have passed that advocate for women and minorities.

Question 40

Discuss the complicated issue regarding pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions related to women's reproductive rights.