Question 1

What act passed in 1990 mandating colleges and universities participating in federal student aid programs to complete and distribute security reports on campus practices and crime statistics?

Accepted Answer

The Campus Security Act was passed in 1990, mandating colleges and universities participating in federal student aid programs to complete and distribute security reports on campus practices and crime statistics.

Question 2

When was the U.S. Victims of Trafficking Victims Protection Act passed?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Victims of Trafficking Victims Protection Act was passed in the year 2000. This act focused on the prevention of human trafficking, protecting the victims, and prosecuting the traffickers. It also established a comprehensive approach to the issue of human trafficking, making it a federal crime to recruit, harbor, transport, or obtain a person for labor or services, using force, fraud, or coercion. The Act also created a certification process for foreign countries to demonstrate they are meeting minimum standards for combating trafficking in persons.

Question 3

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith
-Home is the place of greatest danger for women.

Accepted Answer

Andrea Smith argues in her article that home is often the place where women face the greatest danger, not only from intimate partner violence but also from other forms of violence and oppression.

Question 4

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith
-The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) has been supportive of the U.S. overthrow of the misogynous Taliban (Andrea Smith/"Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights").

Accepted Answer

Andrea Smith argues that the U.S. overthrow of the Taliban did not necessarily result in improved conditions for Afghan women and that a deeper analysis of violence against women of color is necessary beyond simply supporting military interventions. She does not specifically mention RAWA's stance on the U.S. intervention.

Question 5

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith
-The U.S. government perpetuates more violence against women than any other actor in the world (Andrea Smith/"Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights").

Accepted Answer

This statement is made by Andrea Smith in her article "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights".

Question 6

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith
-In her article "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights," Andrea Smith calls for what framework for addressing violence?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence...

Question 7

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith
-In "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights," on violence and women of color, Andrea Smith focuses in particular on the violence against women in which "racial group"?

Accepted Answer

Throughout the article, Smith focuses her analysis on violence against Native American women, arguing that it is a form of genocide and should be recognized as such by human rights organizations. While she also discusses violence against women of other racial and ethnic groups, her main emphasis is on indigenous women.

Question 8

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood
-The poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood focuses on the friendship between a woman and her friend who is being stalked.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood
-The poem "She...

Question 9

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood
-What was the survivor's "best friend" in the poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood?

Accepted Answer

The survivor's "best friend" in the poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood is concealer. The survivor uses it to cover up the bruises and scars left behind by her abuser.

Question 10

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood
-Who was the survivor's "sweetest friend" in the poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood?

Accepted Answer

In the poem, the survivor describes the narrator/poet as her "sweetest friend" who listens to her and helps her heal. There is no mention of the postman, mother, or baby being referred to as her "sweetest friend."

Question 11

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood
-In her poem "She Said," Mariah Lockwood writes,
"cream over plums ripened deep/
Sugar over salt lips, cracked, smiling/
Hiding contraband fruit."
What are the "plums" and "contraband fruit"?

Accepted Answer

The "plums" and "contraband fruit" metaphorically represent bruises, suggesting harm or violence that is being concealed or normalized through the imagery of fruit.

Question 12

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood
-In her poem "She Said," Mariah Lockwood writes,
"It started with words, she said,/
A drizzle brushed from summer clothes/
Then streaming, torrents, hail/
Denting life itself."
The "drizzle" and "streaming, torrents, hail" are examples of which type of abuse?

Accepted Answer

The language used in the poem suggests that the abuse the speaker is referring to is emotional or psychological in nature. The use of weather-related imagery (such as "drizzle," "torrents," and "hail") is metaphorical, and indicates the gradual and then increasingly intense impact that words and emotional abuse can have on a person's life. Physical and sexual abuse are not explicitly mentioned in the poem.

Question 13

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder
-Almost every country in the world is involved in human trafficking (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Accepted Answer

According to Emilie Linder's article "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking," almost every country in the world is involved in human trafficking.

Question 14

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder
-In 2016, 240,900 people were victims of forced labor (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Accepted Answer

The statement cannot be verified as true or false without access to the specific document "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" by Emilie Linder, and there is no widely recognized and specific statistic matching the number 240,900 for victims of forced labor in 2016 in widely available reports or data.

Question 15

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder
-Women and girls account for 71% of trafficking victims (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Accepted Answer

According to Emilie Linder's article "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking," women and girls account for 71% of trafficking victims.

Question 16

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder
-Migration and human trafficking always go hand in hand (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Accepted Answer

The answer of Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie...

Question 17

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder
-According to Emilie Linder in "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking, which of the following does not explain the high number of women and girls who are trafficking victims?

Accepted Answer

All of the options listed (globalization, gender norms, and poverty) are factors that contribute to the high number of women and girls who are victims of human trafficking, as discussed by Emilie Linder in "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking."

Question 18

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder
-According to Emilie Linder ("Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking") which of the following are solutions to address human trafficking?

Accepted Answer

Socioeconomic empowerment for women, increased civil and political rights for women, and increased gender equality are all solutions to address human trafficking as they tackle the root causes and systemic issues that make individuals, especially women, vulnerable to trafficking.

Question 19

Reading "#SayHerName" Homa Khaleeli
-The term intersectionality describes the way different forms of discrimination overlap and compound each other (Homa Khaleeli/"#SayHerName").

Accepted Answer

The sentence accurately describes the meaning of intersectionality.

Question 20

Reading "#SayHerName" Homa Khaleeli
-Disability is not generally a risk factor for being killed by police (Homa Khaleeli/"#SayHerName").

Accepted Answer

Disability, particularly mental health issues, can indeed be a risk factor for fatal encounters with police, as individuals with disabilities may be more likely to be perceived as non-compliant or threatening due to their inability to respond to commands or behave in expected ways during interactions with law enforcement.

Quiz 10: Resisting Gender Violence

What act passed in 1990 mandating colleges and universities participating in federal student aid programs to complete and distribute security reports on campus practices and crime statistics?

When was the U.S. Victims of Trafficking Victims Protection Act passed?

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith -Home is the place of greatest danger for women.

Reading "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights" Andrea Smith -In her article "Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Violence Against Women of Color and Human Rights," Andrea Smith calls for what framework for addressing violence?

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood -The poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood focuses on the friendship between a woman and her friend who is being stalked.

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood -What was the survivor's "best friend" in the poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood?

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood -Who was the survivor's "sweetest friend" in the poem "She Said" by Mariah Lockwood?

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood -In her poem "She Said," Mariah Lockwood writes, "cream over plums ripened deep/ Sugar over salt lips, cracked, smiling/ Hiding contraband fruit." What are the "plums" and "contraband fruit"?

Reading "She Said" Mariah Lockwood -In her poem "She Said," Mariah Lockwood writes, "It started with words, she said,/ A drizzle brushed from summer clothes/ Then streaming, torrents, hail/ Denting life itself." The "drizzle" and "streaming, torrents, hail" are examples of which type of abuse?

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder -Almost every country in the world is involved in human trafficking (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder -In 2016, 240,900 people were victims of forced labor (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder -Women and girls account for 71% of trafficking victims (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder -Migration and human trafficking always go hand in hand (Emilie Linder/"Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking").

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder -According to Emilie Linder in "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking, which of the following does not explain the high number of women and girls who are trafficking victims?

Reading "Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking" Emilie Linder -According to Emilie Linder ("Gender Aspects of Human Trafficking") which of the following are solutions to address human trafficking?

Reading "#SayHerName" Homa Khaleeli -The term intersectionality describes the way different forms of discrimination overlap and compound each other (Homa Khaleeli/"#SayHerName").

Reading "#SayHerName" Homa Khaleeli -Disability is not generally a risk factor for being killed by police (Homa Khaleeli/"#SayHerName").