WMNST 106 Quiz Questions
What actress introduces Joss Whedon at the beginning of the video "On the Road to
Equality Honoring Men on The Front Lines"? - ANS-Meryl Streep
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, Women's and Gender Studies integrates
knowledge from the humanities and the social sciences--but never the biological and
physical sciences. (True/False) - ANS-False
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, androcentrism implies putting men at the
center of history, culture, and power, and thus confuses "maleness" with humanity in
general. (True/False) - ANS-True
In the video "On the Road to Equality Honoring Men on The Front Lines," Joss Whedon
is repeatedly asked "why do you write strong women characters?" He cites many
reasons throughout the video, but ultimately Joss says that the reason he writes strong
women characters is... (Choose all that apply.) - ANS-because of his "tough, cool, sexy,
funny" mother
because of his father and step-father who prized wit and resolve in the women they
were with
because people are still asking him "why do you write strong women characters?"
because equality is like gravity and we need it to hold us together
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, third wave feminism has its origins in the lives
of the baby boomer generation of the 1950s and 1960s (True/False) - ANS-False
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, a strategy of liberal feminism is working within
the system for a change (True/False) - ANS-True
According to the Shaw and Lee reading, a primary focus of a "third wave" feminist
agenda is on... - ANS-sexuality and identity
What is Riley so riled up about? - ANS-all the pink stuff
all the blue stuff
what boys want
what girls want
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