Sexuality Studies
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Course Introduction
Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary course that explores the diverse dimensions of human sexuality, examining its social, cultural, historical, political, and psychological aspects. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical research, students critically analyze how sexuality shapes and is shaped by power relations, identities, gender roles, media representations, and legal structures. The course investigates topics such as sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual health, desire, intimacy, and the impact of various cultural norms and policies on sexual experiences. Students engage with contemporary debates and issues relating to sexuality, fostering a nuanced understanding of its complexities within both local and global contexts.
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Gendered Lives 11th Edition by Julia T. Wood
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Chapter 1: The Study of Communication Gender and Culture
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Q1) The author of the textbook agrees that we live in a post-feminist society where gender-based inequalities generally no longer exist.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Symbols
Answer: Symbols are what humans use to communicate.They include signs and words.Symbols are abstract,arbitrary,and ambiguous.Symbols require mediation or interpretation of thought.Humans create meaning because symbols are not innate.People differ in how they perceive and interpret communication.
Q3) Heterosexual men and women report being happier and more satisfied with their relationships when their partners
A) define themselves as feminists.
B) define themselves as nonfeminists.
C) have the same attitudes toward feminism as they do.
D) are unconcerned about feminism.
E) There is no research about relationship satisfaction and feminisms.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development
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Q1) Biological theory says that genes,hormones,and brain structure are the basis of gender difference.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) When parents who seek to promote traditional gendered behaviors in their children reward tomboys for wearing frilly dresses or punish effeminate boys for playing with Barbies,they are assuming which theory of gender?
A) biological theory
B) psychodynamic theory
C) social learning theory
D) symbolic interaction theory
E) standpoint theory
Answer: C
Q3) Men and women have hormonal cycles that can affect their behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Competing Images of Women
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Q1) This feminist movement believes the key to understanding gender and identity is best understood by examining the intersection of key elements of identity like gender,race-ethnicity,sexual orientation,and economic class.This best describes which branch of feminism?
A) lesbian feminism
B) revalorism
C) womanism
D) multiracial feminism
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Third-wave feminism
Answer: Third-wave feminism includes women of diverse ethnicities,abilities,classes,appearances,sexual orientations,and gender identities.Third-wave feminism is characterized by a recognition of intersectionality,the building of coalitions and alliances,acts of everyday resistance,cultivating media savvy,acceptance of consumerism,and an emphasis on individualism.
Q3) Radical feminists were the first to declare that "the personal is political."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Competing Images of Men
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Q1) Masculinist movements assert that men suffer from discrimination and that men need to reclaim their rightful status as men.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Good Men Project
Q3) Men's rights activist
Q4) Free Men believe that men are discriminated against,although not as much as women are.
A)True
B)False
Q5) This men's movement professes that most men are not violent and that men should work together to change the few who are violent.
A) White Ribbon Campaign
B) Mentors in Violence Prevention
C) NOMAS
D) Free Men
E) none of the above
Q6) Mythopoetic men
Q7) Mentors in Violence Prevention
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Chapter 5: Gendered Verbal Communication
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Q1) Gender-linked language effect
Q2) "I had something similar happen to me and I totally understand how you feel" exemplifies what characteristic of feminine communication?
A) verbal hedge
B) establishing equality
C) support for others
D) personal, concrete style
E) tag question
Q3) Tag question
Q4) Your friend Marcie tells you that she is frustrated with her boyfriend.She says,"Lucas never wants to talk about us-really he doesn't want to talk about anything! His idea of a great time together is going to a basketball game.Honestly,why doesn't he realize that talk is the basis of a relationship?" Given what you know about speech communities and models of closeness,how might you respond to Marcie about her assumptions and alternatives she might make instead? Be sure to use specific terms and material from class.
Q5) One of the connections between language and gender identified in your textbook is that language evaluates gender.What implications does this insight have for individuals' language use?
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Chapter 6: Gendered Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) Stace frowns at another boy and turns his back in disgust.Stace's nonverbal communication is demonstrating the liking dimension of relationship level meaning.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your book states that toys are powerfully gendered artifacts for children,socializing them into masculine and feminine behaviors from an early age.Describe why toys are so powerful and important and how they influence a child's gender socialization.
Q3) According to research presented in the Gendered Lives text,which of the following is true about smiling?
A) Women generally smile more than men.
B) Smiling is an example of haptics.
C) African American women are socialized to smile more than Caucasian women.
D) Men generally smile more than women.
E) Research has shown that men and women smile about the same amounts.
Q4) Female athletes are less susceptible to developing eating disorders than are the rest of the female population.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Becoming Gendered: The Early Years
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Q1) Identify the themes (or elements)of what it means to be feminine in the United States.As part of your explanation,be sure you provide brief,concrete examples for the five themes.Finally,discuss <u>one</u> way that parental/guardian communication about gender (as discussed inChapter 7 of Gendered Lives)may influence understanding of one or more of these themes.
Q2) Men in the United States are seen as failing at masculinity if they try to transcend traditional notions of masculinity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Parental modeling
Q4) Even when people Kathy hardly knows tell her about their emotions and private lives she feels very connected to them.Kathy could be described as
A) having thick (or rigid) ego boundaries.
B) having thin (or permeable) ego boundaries.
C) having unstable gender constancy.
D) having an androgynous gender identification.
E) having an unstable sense of self.
Q5) Ego boundaries
Q6) "Anatomy is destiny"
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Chapter 8: Gendered Education: Communication in Schools
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Q1) Boys are more likely than girls to complete high school.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Socioeconomic status,more than sex,is a factor in a student's success in higher education.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When non-U.S.cultures are examined,it becomes clear that there are innate sex differences in math and science ability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Gender-stereotyped curricula
Q5) Girls are more likely than boys to go to college.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Invisible hand discrimination
Q7) Title IX
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Q8) College males report studying more than college females do.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Gendered Close Relationships
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Q1) Socialization into gendered speech communities can make it challenging for men and women to be friends.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true about nonromantic friendships between men and women?
A) For many women, a primary benefit of friendships with men is that they are emotionally closer than their friendships with women.
B) For many men, a primary benefit of friendships with women is that they are lighter and more fun than their friendships with men.
C) In friendships between women and men, men typically talk more and get more attention than they offer.
D) Nonromantic friendships between women and men have the advantage of being free from sexual tension.
E) Both women and men tend to seek out men in times of stress.
Q3) Typically,men do not value friendships as much as women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Gendered Organizational Communication
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Q1) Equal opportunity laws
Q2) Brendan is struggling to understand how to use the new reporting software his company has adopted.Rather than asking the IT director for help,Brendan keeps doing Google searches to try to answer his questions.Brendan is exhibiting what stereotype of men in the workplace?
A) fighter
B) sturdy oak
C) breadwinner
D) athlete
E) cowboy
Q3) The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009
A) bars employers from retaliating against employees who ask about pay schedules.
B) states that wage discrimination occurs whenever an employee receives discriminatory pay.
C) overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine.
D) requires federal employers to provide maternity leave for all employees.
E) expands the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Q4) Informal networks
Q5) Maternal wall
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Chapter 11: Gendered Media
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Q1) Gatekeeper
Q2) Your book discusses the ways in which unrealistic standards are normalized in media.Choose two of the unrealistic standards,give specific examples of them,and describe the implications of them for media consumers.
Q3) Immersive advertising
Q4) About 10% of teens today shoot and share videos online.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In what way are girls and women more likely to use social media than men and boys?
A) as a venue for self-development
B) to participate in "sexting"
C) to set up interactions with peers
D) to play games
E) none of the above
Q6) Your Gendered Lives textbook reviews how women and men are portrayed in advertising.Discuss the portrayals of gender in this type of media.How influential are advertisements?
Q7) Media saturation
Q8) Agenda-setting
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Chapter 12: Gendered Power and Violence
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Q1) 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
Q2) By their senior year,approximately what percentage of college women have reported one or more unwanted sexual interactions during their college careers?
A) 33%
B) 25%
C) 10%
D) 50%
E) 75%
Q3) Sexual slavery is a thing of the past.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Femicide
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Chapter 13: Epilogue: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
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Q1) Agenda-setting
Q2) Differences are valuable and desirable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true about taking voice and enacting change?
A) Change comes primarily through the use of direct power - making people do what they would not do on their own.
B) The only people with the ability to engage in agenda setting have formal power, such as newspaper editors and television producers.
C) Taking voice and enacting change are processes.
D) The responsibility for taking voice and enacting change around gender norms rests primarily with men.
E) The responsibility for taking voice and enacting change around gender norms rests primarily with women.
Q4) "Salad bowl" metaphor
Q5) Voice
Q6) Agenda-setting is an important way to influence cultural views of gender.
A)True
B)False
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