Deck 4: Identities

Question 1

Which disadvantage experienced by some men does B. Deutsch point out in "The Male Privilege Checklist?"

A) being expected to suppress emotions
B) not earning an equitable wage compared to women
C) not being granted paternity leave
D) All of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to B. Deutsch in "The Male Privilege Checklist," what is the "first big privilege?"

A) low odds of being raped
B) inexpensive grooming
C) oblivion to privilege
D) None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference," Audre Lorde writes, "In a society where the good is defined in terms of ______ rather than in terms of human need, there must always be some group of people who, through systematized oppression, can be made to feel surplus, to occupy the place of the dehumanized inferior."

A) gender
B) profit
C) race
D) All of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Who represents the "mythical norm," according to Audre Lorde in "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference?"

A) White people
B) Thin people
C) Men
D) All of the above

Question 5

According to Jen'nan Ghazal Read and John P. Bartkowski in "To Veil or Not to Veil?: A Case Study of Identity Negotiation among Muslim Women in Austin, Texas," on which nonsexual ground do pro-veiling Muslims defend veiling?

A) It demonstrates Muslim women's unwavering obedience to the tenets of Islam.
B) It is a clear indication of the essential differences distinguishing men from women.
C) It is a reminder to women that their proper place is in the home.
D) All of the above

Question 6

According to Jen'nan Ghazal Read and John P. Bartkowski in "To Veil or Not to Veil?: A Case Study of Identity Negotiation among Muslim Women in Austin, Texas," which of the following represents arguments against veiling by unveiled Muslim women?

A) The veil prevents Christian women from supporting Muslim women's oppression.
B) The veil reinforces gender distinctions that work to Muslim women's collective disadvantage.
C) The veil encourage socioeconomic stratification in Muslim communities.
D) None of the above

Question 7

In "Hybrid Masculinities: New Directions in the Sociology of Men and Masculinities," Tristan Bridges and C. J. Pascoe argue that "hybrid masculinities" ______ existing ideologies and systems of power and inequality.

A) sustain
B) challenge
C) create
D) None of the Above

Question 8

According to Tristan Bridges and C. J. Pascoe in "Hybrid Masculinities: New Directions in the Sociology of Men and Masculinities," ______ is a defining characteristic of hybrid identities.

A) cultural authenticity
B) cultural appropriation
C) cultural hybridity
D) All of the above

Question 9

In "Providing Women, Kept Men: Doing Masculinity in the Wake of the African HIV/AIDS Pandemic," which of the following activities does Sanyu A. Mojola define as "doing masculinity?"

A) engaging in plural marriage
B) inheriting the father's estate
C) pursuing and providing for partners
D) None of the above

Question 10

According to Sanyu A. Mojola in "Providing Women, Kept Men: Doing Masculinity in the Wake of the African HIV/AIDS Pandemic," the following activities comprise the attainment of manhood in ______ ______ societies-provision of land to a wife or wives for subsistence farming, establishing a household, siring children, and bridewealth-based marriage.

A) patrilineal
B) matrilineal
C) patrilocal
D) None of the above

Question 11

Explain why Audre Lorde argues that "institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy" in ""Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference."

Question 12

Explain the anti-veil discourse of Fatima Mernissi and other Muslim commentators as described by Jen'nan Ghazal Read and John P. Bartkowski in "To Veil or Not to Veil?: A Case Study of Identity Negotiation among Muslim Women in Austin, Texas."

Question 13

According to Tristan Bridges and C. J. Pascoe in "Hybrid Masculinities: New Directions in the Sociology of Men and Masculinities," "Hybrid masculinities have at least three distinct consequences that shape, reflect, and mask inequalities." Explain at least two of those consequences.