Deck 8: The Politics of Family and Fertility: the Last Battleground in the Pursuit of Equality

Question 1

What is the definition of patronymics?

A) Children have the last name of their mother
B) Children should take their mother's last name as their middle name
C) Children should have the last name of their father
D) Children should have last names that combine their father's first and last name

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In what ways could interspousal immunity limit women?

A) Women had to serve jail time first if she and her husband were convicted of crimes
B) Women could not bring civil cases against a husband
C) Women had to allow their husbands act as their attorney at trial
D) Women had to defer to their husbands in choice of attorney

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which country has the most generous paid maternity leave?

A) England
B) Denmark
C) Congo
D) United States

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which act allows employees to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave in connection to a new child or ill family member?

A) Family Care Act
B) Temporary Leave Act
C) Family and Medical Leave Act
D) Work Equity Act

Question 5

In 2015, President Obama strongly advocated for paid leave by

A) giving the White House staff up to 8 weeks of paid leave
B) advocating for, and signing, a new national paid leave bill passed by Congress
C) traveling to each state to convince state legislatures to pass paid leave bills
D) signing an executive order to direct federal agencies to provide up to 6 weeks of paid sick leave to federal employees

Question 6

Giving employees seven days of paid sick leave a year is projected to save _________ in lost productivity at work.

A) $ 8 million dollars a year
B) $ 20 million dollars a year
C) $ 8 billion dollars a year
D) $ 8o billion dollars a year

Question 7

Roughly _______% of households today are dual income households.

A) 4
B) 28
C) 66
D) 82

Question 8

Which of the following statements on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program is not true?

A) Funding is distributed as block grants to states
B) States have increased efforts to collect child support.
C) States have a good deal of room for interpreting TANF's goals
D) States have set time limits for benefits ranging between 5 to 10 years

Question 9

Women had little to access to credit until

A) passage of the 19th Amendment
B) passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act
C) passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
D) passage of the Equal Rights Amendment

Question 10

The act that was meant to end "welfare as we know it" was the

A) Earned Income Tax Credit Act
B) Aid to Families with Dependent Children
C) Social Reform Act
D) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act

Question 11

Women have only had access to legal and reliable contraception in the last forty years

Question 12

According to the Supreme Court, the right to an abortion is based on the right to _________.

A) privacy
B) free speech
C) self-incrimination
D) equal protection of the law

Question 13

Public support for abortion is dependent on

A) the circumstances for the abortion
B) the age of the mother
C) the insurance status of the mother
D) if the father is employed

Question 14

Which of the following is a way that a woman's right to abortion has been restricted?

A) Violence and intimidation targeted at abortion providers
B) The Hyde Amendment
C) State laws requiring women to receive "counseling" prior to an abortion
D) All of these options are ways a woman's right to abortion has been curtailed

Question 15

Some states allow pharmacist to refuse to dispense contraceptives.

Question 16

The separate but equal theory of marriage glorified women in the __________.

Question 17

______________ is the idea, based in coverture, that a husband and wife are one person and cannot be forced to testify against each other in court.

Question 18

The _________________ is the loss of wages for each child when a woman is employed.

Question 19

The ability to advertise contraception was limited by the ________________.

Question 20

The ________________ forbids federal funds for use in abortions, except in times of rape, incest, or to save the mother's life.

Question 21

What are the three theories that characterize the development of modern marriage?

Question 22

Explain the legacy of patriarchy on names.

Question 23

Why is there no comprehensive child care in the US?

Question 24

Why does the US not have a comprehensive paid sick leave policy?

Question 25

Explain the tension of listing abortion as a privacy issue.

Question 26

In what ways may states intrude upon the pregnancy of a woman, who is not considering an abortion?

Question 27

Why is domestic violence difficult for the state to police?

Question 28

What are some of the issues arising with the advent of new technologies in fertility?

Question 29

In what ways have women been disadvantaged by laws limiting contraception? How have class interests promoted a negative view of contraception? Evaluate women's options for continued access to contraception today.

Question 30

Why is birth control considered a women's issue? Explain why this is not a significant issue for men.