Deck 6: Constructing Gender in the Workplace

Question 1

In "The Glass Escalator Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times," Christine L. Williams argues that her previous analysis of "the glass escalator" was limited by which limitation?

A) a lack of intersectionality
B) traditional assumptions about work organizations
C) Both a and b
D) Neither a nor b

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In "The Glass Escalator Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times," Christine L. Williams argues that practicing intersectionality is difficult because of sociologists' "ingrained habits of ______ ."

A) reductionism
B) socialism
C) objectivity
D) All of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to Christine L. Williams in "The Glass Escalator Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times," ______ "is a world view that advocates minimal government regulations of the economy, privatization of state resources, distribution of social services through the market. And exaltation of the autonomous, self-serving individual."

A) neocolonialism
B) neoimperialism
C) neoliberalism
D) None of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to Amy M. Denissen and Abigail C. Saguy in "Gendered Homophobia and the Contradictions of Workplace Discrimination for Women in the Building Trades," the presence of lesbians in building trades "violates the dictate of ______ ."

A) heterosexism
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) homophobia
D) None of the above

Question 5

In "Gendered Homophobia and the Contradictions of Workplace Discrimination for Women in the Building Trades," Amy M. Denissen and Abigail C. Saguy reference Chrys Ingraham's concept of ______ , which describes "the relationship between heterosexuality and gender oppression."

A) heterosexism
B) heteronormativity
C) heterogender
D) None of the Above

Question 6

In "The Modern Mammy and the Angry Black Man: African American Professionals' Experiences with Gendered Racism in the Workplace," Adia Harvey Wingfield references Patricia Hill Collins' concept of ______ , which is "defined by an increasingly global economy, proliferation of mass media images and transnational states where racism is controlled less and by local or regional governments."

A) hegemonic racism
B) classic racism
C) subconscious racism
D) None of the above

Question 7

In "The Modern Mammy and the Angry Black Man: African American Professionals' Experiences with Gendered Racism in the Workplace," Adia Harvey Wingfield argues that Black women often navigate gendered racism by ______ controlling images.

A) combatting
B) reproducing
C) Both a and b
D) Neither a nor b

Question 8

In "'I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together': Nail Spas and the Model Minority," Miliann Kang argues that ______ "transforms a hygienic process […] into a richly rewarding physical and emotional experience-that is, when it meets customers' expectations."

A) emotional labor
B) mental labor
C) body labor
D) All of the above

Question 9

In "'I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together': Nail Spas and the Model Minority," Miliann Kang references Michel Foucault's concept of ______ in order to argue that "nail salons serve as sites that discipline certain women's bodies to conform to beauty regimens while disciplining other women's bodies to provide the services necessary for those regimens."

A) remote bodies
B) docile bodies
C) imprisoned bodies
D) None of the above

Question 10

According to Miliann Kang in "'I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together': Nail Spas and the Model Minority," "The embrace of Asians as the ______ thereby is premised simultaneously on their embodied demonstration of economic productivity and smooth assimilation into mainstream cultural norms."

A) model minority
B) ostracized minority
C) docile minority
D) None of the above

Question 11

Explain why Amy M. Denissen and Abigail C. Saguy argue that assuming that tradeswomen are lesbians "neutralizes the threat" in "Gendered Homophobia and the Contradictions of Workplace Discrimination for Women in the Building Trades."

Question 12

Explain the controlling images that impact both Black men and women's experiences in the workplace according to Adia Harvey Wingfield in "The Modern Mammy and the Angry Black Man: African American Professionals' Experiences with Gendered Racism in the Workplace."

Question 13

Based on "The Glass Escalator Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times," explain why Christine L. Williams writes, "In low-wage retail work, there are no glass ceilings or glass escalators, only revolving doors."