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If patriarchy is ingrained in our society which of the following statements best describes this idea?  :-- All aspects of patriarchy In the society in which you live and participate in on a daily basis, the majority of the positions of power and authority — political, economic, legal, re...

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WGS Final Exam Questions and Answers
If patriarchy is ingrained in our society which of the following statements best describes this

idea?


 :-- All aspects of patriarchy




In the society in which you live and participate in on a daily basis, the majority of the positions

of power and authority — political, economic, legal, religious, educational — are generally

reserved for men. What core concept pertains to a society in which positions of power and

authority are generally reserved for men?


 :-- Patriarchy




What is the reason that most white people do not recognize white privilege according to Peggy

McIntosh in her essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" ?


 :-- All of the answers.




In the essay "Claiming an Education: Your Inheritance as a Student of Women's and Gender

Studies", According to Tracy Berger and Cheryl Radeloff, Women's and Gender Studies is:


 :-- All of the other answers




In her essay "Oppression," Marilyn Frye argues that men can be oppressed as:


 :-- Members of a certain race and class




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Judith Kegan Gardiner in the essay "Friendships, Gender Theories, and Social Change"

claims that men's and women's friendship have been portrayed as:


 :-- Opposite




Where does bell hooks claim that radical feminism has been most accepted?


 :-- Academia




Allen Johnson claims that patriarchy is:


 :-- A system




C.J. Pascoe advocated uncoupling the study of masculinity from what?


 :-- The male body




According to the customs followed by Ijeoma A.'s family, what part of a chicken could only be

eaten by the oldest man at the table?


 :-- Heart




What identity is not accepted within queer African communities according to Ashley Currier and

Thérèse Migraine-George in the essay "Queer/African Identities: Questions, Limits,

Challenges"?


 :-- Bisexual




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What is the fundamental claim of feminism that Marilyn Frye identifies in here essay

"Oppression"?


 :-- That women are oppressed




In her essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," Peggy McIntosh argues that

systematic change:


 :-- Takes many decades




In what previous publication written about in "Feminist Politics" does bell hooks define

feminism?


 :-- Feminist theory: from Center to Margin




Which of these are sexes named in Anne Fausto-Sterling's "The Five Sexes?"


 :-- Herms, merms, ferms




Our society creates, patterns, and rewards our understanding of "femininity" and "masculinity",

or the process by which certain behaviors and performances are ascribed to "women" and

"men." Some ways in which we teach young girls what it means to be "a woman" and to be

"feminine" is by encouraging them to be nurturing, domestic, delicate, quiet and sensitive. What

core WGS concept described below pertains to how we learn to be "masculine" and "feminine"

in the society in which we live?


 :-- Gender as a social construct




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n our society, it is still common for girls to be discouraged from math and science courses based

on their gender. But for girls who are in low-income school districts, social class then

compounds the effects of gender even more so because schools in these districts are likely to

have poorly equipped labs and fewer certified teachers-thus making it harder for these girls to

compete successfully. AND if the girls who are in the low-income school districts are also girls

of color, this compounds the effects of gender and class, because research shows that educators

are likely to have higher expectations of White girls than of Black girls. What core WGS concept

helps us understand how oppressive institutions are often interconnected and cannot be

examined separate from one another:


 :-- Intersectionality




Anne Fausto-Sterling estimates that for every 1,000 children born, roughly ___ are intersex.


 :-- 17




In "Queer/African Identities: Questions, Limits, Challenges" what legacies do queer African

communities respond to according to Ashley Currier and Thérèse Migraine-George?


 :-- All of the answers




Imagine that you are visiting a hospital and you notice that jobs tend to be divided by sex and

gender. Men are often orderlies and physicians and most of the nurses are women. Which of the

following would be the best explanation for this:


 :-- Doing gender




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