Deck 12: Gendered Power and Violence

Question 1

Genital mutilation does not occur in the United States.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following is true about rape?

A) Rape is motivated primarily by sexual desire.
B) Rape is becoming less common on college campuses.
C) A husband can rape his wife.
D) Only women can be victims of rape.
E) The majority of rape victims report and seek to prosecute their rapes.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Identify the following:

-Hostile environment

Answer 3

A pattern of unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that interferes with a person's ability to do a job or get an education and/or that creates a hostile,intimidating,or offensive working environment because of sexualized conduct.The law insists on criteria of "reasonableness" (sometimes adhering to the "reasonable woman" standard)in determining sexual harassment cases.

Question 4

Children who grow up in families with one or more abusive adults will become abusive because they have learned violence is normal and acceptable in relationships.

Question 5

Christina goes on a date with Todd.After dinner at a nice restaurant,Christina invites Todd back to her apartment for a drink.They open a bottle of wine and start to make out.After a while,Christina is uncomfortable and asks Todd to stop.He ignores her,pulls off her clothes,and has sex with her.After he leaves,although upset,Christina begins to wonder whether she had been "asking for it." The next day she tells a friend what happened and the friend asks her what she had been wearing and how much she had been drinking.This event reflects which of the following:

A) Gender intimidation
B) Informed consent
C) Sexual harassment
D) The rape culture
E) Corrective rape

Question 6

Victims of battering would be safer if they left abusive relationships.

Question 7

Sexual slavery is a thing of the past.

Question 8

Identify the following:

-Informed consent

Question 9

In this form of genital surgery,a female's entire clitoris and parts of the labia minora are removed:

A) femilectomy
B) sunna
C) infibulation
D) clitoridectomy (excision)
E) revaganilization

Question 10

Identify the following:

-Infibulation

Question 11

Identify the following:

-Pornography

Question 12

Researchers have found that,in general,gendered violence is best explained by examining perpetrators' individual circumstances and history.

Question 13

Meagen decides to wear a short skirt and tight shirt to class.As she walks there,a group of males whistle,comment on her legs,and make sexual gestures to her.Which of the following best describes Meagen experiences?

A) gender intimidation
B) hostile environment harassment
C) sexual assault
D) informed consent, since Meagen chose what to wear
E) none of these

Question 14

The "reasonable woman" standard is used to determine if sexual harassment has occurred.

Question 15

Identify the following:

-Cycle of abuse

Question 16

Physical,verbal,emotional,sexual,and visual brutality that is inflicted disproportionately or exclusively on members of one sex is best defined as:

A) sexual slavery
B) a rape script
C) intimate partner violence
D) gender intimidation
E) gendered violence

Question 17

Which of the following statements is/are true about intimate partner violence?

A) Victims of battering would be safer if they left abusive relationships.
B) Intimate partner violence is associated with traditional masculinity.
C) Intimate partner abuse occurs primarily in working and poverty economic classes.
D) Intimate partner violence often stops without intervention.
E) Intimate partner violence is often an isolated incident.

Question 18

The majority of men are not violent toward women.

Question 19

Which of the following examples meets the definition of informed consent?

A) Vidhi is sold by her family and is forced to work as a prostitute.
B) Jake drinks alcohol until he passes out and then is sexually fondled by his romantic partner of 5 years.
C) Brittany agrees to have sex when she is 15-years-old with her 18-year-old romantic partner.
D) Amber is mentally disabled and lives in an assisted living facility. While checking on her, a nurse touches her breasts, unrelated to the care he is providing.
E) None of the above

Question 20

Federal laws are not required to provide the same protection for those who experience heterosexual harassment as for those who experience homosexual harassment.

Question 21

Identify the following:

-Sexual harassment

Question 22

Identify the following:

-Quid pro quo

Question 23

Define sexual harassment.Then,identify and evaluate the two different legal forms of sexual harassment and standards for determining whether it occurred.Your response should explain which standard,if any,you favor and why.

Question 24

Discuss the differences between the ways men and women enact gendered violence.

Question 25

As made clear by the material presented in your textbook,gendered violence is prevalent in the United States and around the world.What are some of the personal and social efforts we can engage in and/or support in an effort to lessen the prevalence of gendered violence?

Question 26

Identify the following:

-Gender intimidation

Question 27

Identify the following:

-Intimate Partner violence

Question 28

Identify the following:

-Sexual assault

Question 29

Identify the following:

-The "reasonable woman" standard

Question 30

Identify the following:

-Rape culture

Question 31

Identify the following:

-Femicide

Question 32

Define gendered violence,and discuss the ways in which society normalizes gendered violence.Your essay should identify 3-4 specific social foundations or institutions that allow or encourage both women and men to regard certain kinds of gendered violence as normal or acceptable.Include concrete examples.

Question 33

Identify the following:

-"Corrective" rape

Question 34

Define informed consent.Do you think this is an appropriate definition of informed
consent? Why or why not?

Question 35

What is the definition of rape in our state? What assumptions does this definition make?