Deck 4: Sexuality

Question 1

Polyamory is defined as:

A) being involved with more than one person
B) consent and openness among all involved
C) ethical and responsible non-monogamy
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Heterosexuality originally was used during the late nineteenth century to refer to sexual behavior associated with:

A) non-procreativity
B) pleasure
C) "abnormal or perverted appetite toward the opposite sex"
D) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Lorde's redefining of the erotic as power analogously put a knife to the heteropatriarchal impulse to disempower woman as a source of:

A) passion, energy, and aliveness
B) ownership of intellectual, emotional, and spiritual well-being
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The tradition of the quinceañera, as Alvarez details it:

A) is affirming of Latin families
B) has evolved into an empowering cultural event for young Latin girls and boys
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 5

The history of the quinceañera is rooted in ancient Aztec and Mayan traditions in ____ traditions.

A) European
B) Latin American
C) Caribbean American
D) none of the above

Question 6

Some aspects of the quinceañera are invented and bear testament to the human impulse to:

A) adapt
B) self-create
C) cohere
D) all of the above

Question 7

Hernández's portrayals of her relationships attest to love's _____.

A) borderlessness
B) boundaries
C) non-limitedness
D) barriers

Question 8

Hernández describes her mother and aunts as women who were _____ traditional concepts of love, family, and relationships.

A) defined by
B) at ease with
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 9

Cruz argues for how Issa Rae problematizes the stereotypical positives of Black femaleness by:

A) presenting an identity politics coded in "awkwardness"
B) representing the authentic "black girl" who defies prevailing paradigms of pathological, Black female sexuality
C) ironically revamping American pop culture's notions of the controlling Black woman
D) none of the above

Question 10

Cruz invites a reexamination of the single "cursed" Black woman who:

A) is at fault for her own singlehood
B) has too many high standards for a relationship
C) must learn to compromise to get what she desires in a relationship
D) all of the above

Question 11

Cruz posits that the burden of transforming the image of Black female sexuality lies in the hands of individuals such as Issa Rae and Shine Louise Houston who are _____ in their use of the Internet and cyberspace as tools and opportunities for people of color.

A) creative
B) political
C) unapologetic
D) all of the above

Question 12

According to Armstrong, Sex and the City offers more than the portrayal of women's sexual freedom; it revolutionized:

A) graphic sex talk during prime-time television's viewing hours
B) four female best friends
C) how men perceived women
D) none of the above

Question 13

Sex and the City worked on multiple levels because _____.

A) women were not objectified
B) sexual intercourse was reimaged and light, empowering, pink, and funny
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 14

Armstrong points out that Sex and the City appealed to men who were portrayed as being threatened _____ by women's agency.

A) politically
B) financially
C) socially
D) none of the above

Question 15

Peterson makes the implicit argument that as long as the nation/state is valued more than the human being men will dictate the conditions of _____.

A) heteropatriarchal relations
B) intergenerational reproduction of inequalities within and between polities
C) heteronormativity and its problematic politics
D) all of the above

Question 16

Peterson implies that an emphasis on "private property" that removes the structural supports for institutionalized inequalities can revolutionize formal laws related to:

A) marriage
B) women's reproduction rights
C) maternity and paternity leave
D) none of the above

Question 17

Peterson points out that the vested interests of the state/nation dictate:

A) who can love whom and how
B) where one can live
C) what one can do
D) how one must behave

Question 18

Lorde identifies the erotic as a _____.

A) well of replenishing
B) provocative force
C) source of joy
D) all of the above

Question 19

Lorde argues that men, in fear of the empowered, erotic woman, have perverted:

A) knowledge that they could not understand
B) behavior that they could not control
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 20

Lorde uses the analogy of the erotic in relation to:

A) the nurturer or nursemaid of deepest knowledge
B) the handmaiden of understanding
C) the bridge of sharing
D) none of the above

Question 21

This chapter introduces three strings of terms that are intended to be inclusive of gender and sexuality: LGBTQQIA (lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual), LGBTQ2SIA (that includes two-spirited people), and LGBTSTGNC (that includes two-spirit and gender nonconforming people). Nonetheless, how you self-identify may be missing. If so, what additional letter/s you would insert and explain the importance of its inclusion in any discussion on gender and sexuality.

Question 22

Hernández concludes her narrative with the provocative observation that her tía was extending to her in the only way she knew how the best loving advice she could offer: a woman must learn to defend and protect herself from violence, including the woman-on-woman kind stemming from a break-up. How does this type of domestic violence differ from the general violence against women that Kaye/ Kantrowitz argues should be classified as a hate crime?

Question 23

Cruz is presenting an argument for the use of pornography that empowers Black women. Do you agree? Why/Why not?

Question 24

Given Armstrong's argument for the "safe" ways in which Sex and the City made its inroad into heteropatriarchy, can its approach be truly hailed as a success? If so, how?

Question 25

Peterson offers a comprehensive way to interpret the US current heteropatriarchal, white nationalistic climate with its anti-immigrant, anti-women's reproductive rights fervors. Do you agree that a viable path forward is the construction of a queer state? Why/why not?

Question 26

How does Lorde differentiate the erotic from the pornographic? Is it right that she is suggesting women are the powerful erotic?

Question 27

Having omitted prostitution, should Lorde have included it? Why/Why not?