Gender, Power, and Politics
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Course Introduction
This course explores the complex intersections of gender, power, and politics in various national and global contexts. Students will critically examine how gender identities and relations shape, and are shaped by, political institutions, practices, and ideologies. Key topics include the role of gender in policy-making, participation and representation in political systems, social movements for gender justice, and the influence of race, class, sexuality, and culture on political behaviors and outcomes. The course draws on interdisciplinary perspectives to analyze both historical and contemporary issues, equipping students with theoretical frameworks and analytical tools to understand and challenge inequalities in political life.
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Gender Ideas Interactions Institutions 2nd Edition by Lisa Wade
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Chapter 1: Ideas
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Q1) If the gender binary doesn't describe a large number of the people we know,where does the idea come from?
Answer: Answers should discuss how the gender binary is an ideology,a set of shared beliefs about society,and we are socialized into the binary.It's a social construction,and not a biological reality.
Q2) Michael is a male-bodied person.He says to Alex that he views himself as a male.What is Michael communicating to Alex?
A)the gender binary
B)his gender expression
C)his gender fluidity
D)his gender identity
Answer: D
Q3) Research suggests that __________ are more likely to be remembered,and remembered correctly,than __________.
A)nonbinary experiences;gender binary experiences
B)gender fluid experiences;cisgender experiences
C)stereotype-consistent experiences;stereotype-inconsistent experiences
D)stereotype-inconsistent experiences;stereotype-consistent experiences
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Bodies
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Q1) Dr.Sanchez has analyzed standardized test results for two countries and discovered that in Country 1 there are almost identical distributions of physics scores for male and female students,while in Country 2 male students performed better than female students.Which explanation best accounts for these differences in scores?
A)Country 1 is a more gender-equal society than Country 2.
B)Country 2 is a more gender-equal society than Country 1.
C)Physics ability is less likely than math to reflect real biological differences,so it's expected that there will be gender differences by country.
D)Physics ability is more likely than math to reflect real biological differences,so it's expected that there will be gender differences by country.
Answer: A
Q2) Identical twins become genotypically different over time.How can this be explained?
A)Upbringing is more important than genes.
B)Their environment and experiences affect how their genes are expressed.
C)Identical twins are not actually 100 percent genetically identical.
D)It cannot be explained because the statement is false.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Performances
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Q1) A woman who does not do femininity finds her gender identity constantly questioned by suspicious clerks.Why is that?
A)Not doing gender in ways that make sense to others is a communicative crisis for these clerks;they don't know what to think or do in response.
B)Heterosexism is so widespread that store clerks automatically challenge anyone who looks homosexual.
C)Gender policing has become too extreme in U.S.society.
D)Good people always conform to gender rules as much as they can.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is an example of gender policing?
A)not being hired for a job you are qualified for because you are a woman
B)a woman being told that she looks attractive when wearing an evening gown
C)calling a guy cute rather than handsome
D)asking a guy why he shaves his legs
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Intersections
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Q1) What is one cost that white middle-class women and men risk by performing a gender strategy that is stereotyped as "normal"?
A)being perceived as overachievers and bossy
B)being perceived as excessively feminine or masculine,respectively
C)being perceived as not feminine enough or masculine enough,respectively
D)being perceived as boring,unexciting,and plain
Q2) Ageism is an institutionalized preference that
A)associates aging with decreased social value.
B)discriminates against people of Aegean origin.
C)places increased emphasis on men's appearance as they get older.
D)discriminates against heterosexual couples in which the woman is older than the man but not those in which the reverse is true.
Q3) Immigrant couples often abandon Breadwinner/Supportive Spouse strategies in favor of economic interdependence when they arrive in the United States.What is one reason why couples do so?
A)They experience racism from American society.
B)They feel pressured by compulsory heterosexuality.
C)They are adjusting to a new economic class.
D)They are practicing ableism.
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Chapter 5: Inequality: Men and Masculinities
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Q1) Sociologist Michael Messner described how in his youth he bullied a nonathletic boy while participating in sports himself.This is an example of A)emasculation.
B)patriarchal bargains.
C)precarious masculinity.
D)subordination.
Q2) What is hypermasculinity?
A)a deviant type of masculinity rejected by society
B)a natural form of masculinity that acknowledges men's inherent violence and power
C)an idealized notion of masculinity,which focuses only on its positive strengths
D)extreme levels of conformity to the most aggressive,least empathetic rules governing masculinity
Q3) What are some ways in which power is symbolically linked to masculinity in our society? Discuss three original examples in which power is conflated with masculine traits or performances.
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Chapter 6: Inequality: Women and Femininities
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Q1) Both women and men are constrained by the binary gender system.How do the constraints they face differ systematically? Whose constraints do you find more unfair? Make sure to provide detailed reasoning to justify your conclusion.
Q2) Dianna recently joined the Houston Fire Department.She is the only female at her station,and she does not want to draw attention to this distinction.Dianna asks to be treated "as one of the guys," and she tries to imitate her male counterparts in behavior and appearance.What term is Dianna demonstrating?
A)feminine apologetic
B)gender equivocation
C)emphasized femininity
D)emphatic sameness
Q3) The feminine apologetic is
A)sitting folded up on oneself with the legs crossed at the knee.
B)the habit of saying "I'm sorry" before stating an opinion.
C)a requirement that women balance their appropriation of masculinity with femininity.
D)a common portrayal of women in the media where they cover their mouths or indicate staying silent.
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Chapter 7: Institutions
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of an institution?
A)the Cleveland Browns
B)Wal-Mart
C)health care
D)the Academy Awards
Q2) What is the relationship between policies and norms?
A)Norms are informal,unwritten rules;policies are formal,written rules.
B)Norms are formal,written rules;policies are informal,unwritten rules.
C)Both norms and policies are informal,unwritten rules,but policies have social consequences.
D)Both norms and policies are formal,written rules,but norms are enforced by peers and policies are enforced by authorities.
Q3) What purpose do sex-segregated sports serve?
A)They challenge the hierarchical gender binary.
B)They protect women from the idea that they are inferior athletes.
C)They protect men from losing face.
D)They help justify equal pay for female athletes.
Q4) Do you believe it's possible to just be an individual in today's society? Why or why not?
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Chapter 8: Change
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Q1) Which of the following definitions best describes a breadwinner/housewife marriage?
A)Women are legally subordinated to men.
B)Women offer men domestic services and men support them financially.
C)Women marry by choice and expect love in their relationship.
D)Women can only meet the expectations of their role by staying at home full-time nurturing children.
Q2) The "good girl/bad girl dichotomy" refers to which social idea?
A)Women who defer to men are respectable while women who are assertive are not.
B)Good girls are mothers,and bad girls are not.
C)Women who "behave themselves" sexually are worthy of respect,and women who have sex with "too many" men are not.
D)Modern women,unlike the chaste women of the Victorian era,are interested in having sex.
Q3) What does the concept of commodification convey?
A)exchanges between productive labor in factories and reproductive labor at home
B)the advertising that is used to sell things
C)the making of things that can be bought and sold
D)making useful things at home
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Chapter 9: Sexualities
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Q1) According to the text,how did the women's movement and the sexual revolution influence our current understanding of sexual liberation? Address how we currently define and understand sexual liberation.Then,evaluate whether you think we are actually in an age of sexual liberation.Make sure to provide supporting details to explain why or why not.
Q2) Describe two contemporary advertisements or programs you have encountered in the media that you believe contribute significantly to processes of sexual liberation and/or sexual objectification.Explain clearly how they do so.Use your examples also to consider whether these effects are similar or different for women and men of different racial groups and why this would be the case.
Q3) What are the main characteristics of hookup culture? How does it differ from previous forms of romantic and sexual interaction? How does it reflect gender inequality? How do class,sexual orientation,and race intersect to shape who participates?
Q4) Which couple is the MOST likely to intermarry?
A)a black male and a white female
B)a black female and a white male
C)a black male and an Asian female
D)a white male and an Asian female
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Chapter 10: Families
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Q1) Name two ideological and two institutional barriers that limit households from carrying out their preferences for an egalitarian division of unpaid labor.Which of these four explanations would you select as the most important barrier for women and men who are like you in their other identities/social locations,and why?
Q2) Nathan is an unmarried sophomore in college who desires to have an egalitarian marriage in the future.When he is asked what his fallback plan will be,if sharing is not possible,which response is he MOST likely to give?
A)He would prefer to have his career prioritized and have his partner to focus on homemaking.
B)He would prefer to remain single and not marry.
C)He would pull back on career ambitions and prioritize his partner's career.
D)He would prefer to remain childless,but still marry.
Q3) While men and women overwhelmingly want egalitarian relationships,the majority of men's backup plans can be described as
A)neo-traditional.
B)traditionalist.
C)authoritarian.
D)feminist.
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Chapter 11: Work
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Q1) The idea that an employee should focus exclusively on the job without interference from family responsibilities is called
A)the ideal worker norm.
B)the glass ceiling.
C)illegal sex discrimination.
D)the mommy track.
Q2) The glass ceiling is something that
A)men experience in female-dominated occupations.
B)women experience in male-dominated occupations.
C)both men and women experience in occupations dominated by the other gender.
D)transmen and transwomen experience in occupations dominated by the other gender.
Q3) What is the motherhood penalty?
A)the extra housework that women have,in addition to paid work outside the house
B)the highest cost of health care for women who choose to have children
C)a career path with fewer opportunities for raises,promotions,or even equal pay
D)a loss in wages per hour on the job associated with becoming a mother
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Chapter 12: Politics
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Q1) Attempts to restrict women's access to abortion by passing laws mandating counseling,parental consent,and stricter regulations on clinics are examples of
A)a bad patriarchal bargain.
B)the decline in collectivist thinking.
C)anti-feminist politics.
D)the corporate co-optation of feminism.
Q2) Why are some women's movements also autonomous movements?
A)They function independently of men's participation and approval.
B)They are collective nongovernmental efforts to change societies.
C)They try to do feminist work in spaces that are not explicitly feminist.
D)They involve efforts by feminists to change gender relations outside their own countries.
Q3) Among young voters,__________ were the most likely to vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
A)white men
B)white women
C)black men
D)black women
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