Ethnic Studies Chapter 15

The feminist movement in the U.S.

A) started in the 1960's

B) lasted from the 1800's until about 20 years ago

C) formally began in at the first women's rights convention in 1848

D) began and ended with the suffrage movement in the early 1900's

Both African Americans and women have been stereotyped as:

A) weak

B) irresponsible

C) emotional

D) All of these

Although they eventually came to endorse the women's movement of the 1960's ______ initially resisted the concerns of feminists

A) established women's groups

B) civil rights groups

C) the New Left

D) all of these

Women were granted the right to vote in national elections beginning in:

A) 1868

B) 1920

C) 1787

D) 1948

The feminine mystique refers to

A) the goals of the feminist movement

B) the seductiveness of women towards men

C) the need to be beautiful, yet career oriented

D) society thinking of women only in their roles as mothers and wives

Sociologists point out that gender differences are maintained through:

A) the legal system

B) biological differences

C) systematic socialization

D) the class system

In_____a federal law made it a crime to use force or threats or to obstruct, injure, or interfere with any one providing or receiving abortions or other reproductive health services.

A) 2004

B) 1984

C)1974

D) 1994

About _____ of countries in the U.S. have an abortion provider who is able and willing to perform abortions

A) 13%

B) 70%

C) 45%

D) 28%

Which of the following statements about race and gender is true?

A) there is less patriarchy in many Native American groups

B) the Hispanic family feels the pervasive tradition of male domination

C) Advocates of Black nationalism fear that participation in feminist causes detracts from the African American struggle

D) All of these

Sadker and Sadker (2003) in their research on the experiences of boys and girls in school, found that:

A) teachers offer boys more academic assistance

B) male teachers are more likely to treat boys and girls differently

C) female teachers are more likely to pay more attention to girls

D) teachers praise girls more than boys

In which of the following professions do women constitute more than half of the workers?

A) Lawyers and judges

B) college teachers

C) accountants

D) physicians

Nancy works in Marketing. Though her ad campaigns are the most successful in the firm, she has never been offered a management position, though she's seen many younger, less talented men promoted. Sociologists describe this phenomenon with the term:

A) sexual harassment

B) glass walls

C) the glass ceiling

D) the mommy track

Title IX called for:

A) more opportunities for girls to play sports at school

B) an end to sexist hiring and promotion practices in schools

C) the elimination of sex segregated classes

D) all of these

Research on the gender gap in caring for home and family reveals that:

A) mothers and fathers are equally likely to think about their children during their work hours

B) fathers and mothers share housework equally

C) mothers are more preoccupied in thought and action with child care and housework

D) fathers and mothers share child care equally

Feminization of poverty refers to the fact that:

A) the majority of female-headed families live in poverty

B) women account for a growing proportion of people living in poverty

C) women earn less than men on average

D) none of these

Women's sufferage became the law with the:

A) Voting Rights Act of 1920

B) Sanger Movement

C) Nineteenth Amendment

D) Roe vs Wade

Sexual harassment by a supervisor violates the federal law against sex discrimination in the workplace, according to:

A) the 19th Amendment

B) the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1968

C) Roe vs Wade

D) the 1964 Civil Rights Act

____ are a historical exception to the patriarchal tradition:

A) Latinas

B) Native Americans

C) African Americans

D) Vietnamese

Research indicates that single mothers and displaced homemakers are more likely to:

A) live in poverty

B) have an unstable housing situation

C) work in service jobs

D) all of these

According to some theorists, men may have become powerful in preindustrial society as a result of their:

A) strength

B) freedom from childbearing

C) size

D) all of these

Women who want to divide their time between their careers and raising a family find themselves subject to:

A) the mommy track

B) the glass escalator

C) sexual harassment

D) all of these

In 2009, how many cents were women earning for every dollar that a man earned?

A) 79

B) 85

C) 76

D) 95

Male liberation would mean:

A) free love

B) that men free themselves of the constraints of the masculine value system

C) the acceptance of the home as women's proper place

D) the continued dominance of women by men

The same wages for different types of work that are judged to be comparable by such measures as employee knowledge, skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions is known as:

A) nondiscriminatory practices

B) pay equity

C) employment equality

D) redlining

_____ founded the National Organization for Women (NOW)

A) Lucretia Mott

B) Betty Friedan

C) Susan B. Anthony

D) Margaret Sanger

What are gender roles?

A) Universal behaviors seen in males and females around the world and throughout history

B) behaviors, attitudes and activities prescribes for males and females

C) natural differences between men and women

D) all of these

In 1833, Oberlin College became the first institution of higher learning to admit female students. The women were expected to do which of the following as college students?

A) remain silent in public gatherings

B) serve the men at meal time

C) wash the men's clothes

D) All of these

Which term refers to behaviors, attitudes, and activities prescribes for males and females?

A) gender roles

B) Manifest functions

C) latent functions

D) instrumentality

When men and women work in the same occupation, men always earn more EXCEPT among:

A) teacher assistants

B) Physicians

C) telecommunications line installers

D) air traffic controllers

What is the matrix of domination/

A) the effects of gender discrimination

B) the cumulative impact of race, gender, and class subordination

C) the culture of poverty

D) racism and prejudice

All of the following statements about the mommy tax are true EXCEPT:

A) Motherhood and the labor market are intertwined

B) Discrimination from employers accounts for some of it

C) It amounts to 5-13% of lifetime wages for the first child

D) It is a synonym for the second shift

What is the difficulty with pay equity?

A) It has received little support in the U.S. except for the feminist movement

B) it would have to be initiated at the federal level

C) It is difficult to put into practice

D) All of these

What percent of U.S. voters are women?

A) 25%
B) 53%

C) 49%
D) 90%

Mary is a successful corporate lawyer, but her firm keeps passing her up for promotions because she is 34 and probably about to start a family. This treatment is best described as an example of

A) the mommy tax

B) the mommy track

C) sexual harassment

D) the glass ceiling

The supreme court's creation in 1994 of a buffer zone is meant to:

A) reduce opportunity for sexual harassment at work

B) provide working women with more flexible work schedules

C) limit the opportunity for abortion past the first trimester

D) keep antiabortion protestors away from the entrance and parking lot of women's clinics

The unanimous supreme court decision in Meritor savings bank vs vinson declared that

A) women have right to an abortion

B) domestic violence was unconstitutional

C) sexual harassment by a supervisor violates the federal law

D) women should get equal pay for comparable work

The 19th amendment to the constitution:

A) legalized abortion

B) abolished prohibition

C) freed the slaves

D) gave women the right to vote

In 1872, _____ was arrested for attempting to vote in that year's presidental election:

A) Susan B. Anthony

B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

C) Lucretia Mott

D) All of these

Women have made the largest gains in elected positions for which of the following?

A) state legislature

B) the House of Representatives

C) the Senate

D) state governor