Deck 9: Women and Social Justice

Question 1

The expected proper behavior, activities, and attitudes of males and females is referred to as what?

A) Socialization
B) Gender roles
C) Sexism
D) Feminism

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following contributes to the socialization of women to feminine and men to be masculine?

A) Parents
B) Media
C) Government
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The conflict perspective makes all of the following arguments except:

A) Biological differences contributed to the growth of power for men during the preindustrial age.
B) Men's increased size, physical strength, and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women first physically, and later, socially and politically.
C) Because size and physical strength are no longer as functionally necessary in contemporary society, the established cultural beliefs and stereotypes no longer exist.
D) Gender norms are stifling societal growth by limiting the range of pursuits that men and women feel able and encouraged to pursue.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

__________ entails freeing females and males from their prescribed societal roles.

A) Female liberation
B) Male liberation
C) Gender liberation
D) None of the above

Question 5

_________ is the idea that women are people too, and thus deserve equal rights under the law.

A) Socialization
B) Gender roles
C) Sexism
D) Feminism

Question 6

Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony joined together to create ______________, which went so far as to oppose the 15^th Amendment because it excluded women.

A) The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)
B) The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)
C) The President's Commission on the Status of Women
D) The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

Question 7

The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was headed by __________, a well-known lobbyist for women's rights.

A) Elizabeth Stanton
B) Lucy Stone
C) Susan B. Anthony
D) Both A and C

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of how there were many groups that opposed the argument for why women deserved the right to vote?

A) Alcohol distributors feared that women would vote to pass laws regulating the sale and distribution of their products.
B) The South was fearful of the possible impact of even more Black voters.
C) Southerners realized that women could be a powerful force in shaping policy and thus far, the laws were created to keep women powerless.
D) All of the above

Question 9

Finally ratified in 1920, the ____________ granted women the right to vote.

A) 6^th Amendment
B) 13^th Amendment
C) 15^th Amendment
D) 19^th Amendment

Question 10

Which branch of feminism focused on women's equality in the workplace?

A) Liberal feminist movement
B) Radical feminist movement
C) Critical feminist movement
D) None of the above

Question 11

The state of affairs in the 1960s was that women:

A) Were denied access to jobs in male-dominated fields
B) Received lower salaries than men across the board
C) Were routinely let go from jobs when they became pregnant
D) All of the above

Question 12

The Civil Rights Act established the ________________ to investigate complaints and impose penalties when discrimination was found.

A) President's Commission on the Status of Women
B) Hyde Amendment
C) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
D) Eugenics Movement

Question 13

The state of ___________ arguably had the most aggressive eugenics laws in the country.

A) California
B) New York
C) North Carolina
D) South Carolina

Question 14

Which of the following was true regarding the eugenics laws of North Carolina?

A) Any penal or charitable public institution could order the sterilization of any person to whom it was deemed to be in the best interest of the public.
B) Social workers could make recommendations for whom should be sterilized.
C) A next-of-kin or legal guardian could request sterilization at the public expense.
D) All of the above

Question 15

In the case of ____________, the Supreme Court ruled that state statutes that criminalized the use of birth control violated married couples' right to privacy.

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Griswold v. Connecticut
C) State v. Edens
D) Bradley v. State

Question 16

__________ was a legal challenge to a Texas law, which made it a crime to perform an abortion in situations where the woman's life was not at risk.

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Griswold v. Connecticut
C) State v. Edens
D) Bradley v. State

Question 17

In ___________, the Mississippi State Supreme Court affirmed a husband's right to moderately discipline his wife.

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Griswold v. Connecticut
C) State v. Edens
D) Bradley v. State

Question 18

Being exposed to the behaviors and attitudes of service-providers that are victim-blaming in nature and cause the victim to be doubly traumatized by events is referred to as what?

A) Marital chastisement
B) Battered women syndrome
C) Secondary victimization
D) The matrix of oppression

Question 19

__________ refers to when a victim reacts to repeated violence by killing or injuring her abuser.

A) Marital chastisement
B) Battered women syndrome
C) Secondary victimization
D) The matrix of oppression

Question 20

The ____________ was the first major federal effort to address domestic violence, which aimed to increase public awareness about family violence and to fund shelters and other assistance for affected families.

A) Violence against Women Act
B) Domestic Violence Prevention Act
C) Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
D) Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Act

Question 21

Which of the following is true regarding research on domestic violence?

A) One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
B) A large majority of domestic violence victims are men.
C) Historically, females have been most often victimized by a stranger.
D) Most cases of domestic violence are reported to the police.

Question 22

Which of the following is true regarding women represented and processed in the criminal justice system?

A) Women are the fastest growing prison population.
B) Women are primarily arrested for property and drug crimes.
C) Women inmates are overwhelmingly minorities.
D) All of the above

Question 23

__________ asserts that actors in the criminal justice system treat women more leniently because they are perceived as weak and irrational.

A) The chivalry hypothesis
B) Battered women syndrome
C) Secondary victimization
D) The matrix of oppression

Question 24

__________ highlights how all groups possess varying degrees of penalty and privilege depending on their degree of "otherness" from the White, middle-class, heterosexual male.

A) The chivalry hypothesis
B) Battered woman syndrome
C) Secondary victimization
D) The matrix of oppression

Question 25

The ___________ perspective argues that gender roles help families function more efficiently.

Question 26

The _____________ abolished wage disparity between sexes.

Question 27

The _____________ stated that a man was not legally capable of raping his wife.

Question 28

Women comprise less than ________ of incarcerated inmates.

Question 29

Briefly discuss the implications of Title VII of the Civil Rights Amendment.

Question 30

What were the four competing demands highlighted by the Supreme Court that needed to be reconciled in Roe v. Wade?

Question 31

What were the key provisions of the Violence against Women Act (VAWA)?