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Question #1

When derby girls describe themselves in contrast to “girlie girls” they are engaging in what Finely (2010) calls:

A defensive othering.

B intergender relationships.

C hegemonic demonization.

D homophobia.

Question #2

According to Finley’s (2010) article, derby girls were successful at gender maneuvering in part because:

A reverse racism.

B they successfully performed hegemonic feminine behaviors.

C the sport is organized and owned by the skaters.

D men were not allowed to watch the bouts.

Question #3

Jackson Katz argues in Tough Guise that the media can get away with framing men’s violence as a problem with “youth” or “violence against women” because:

A dominant groups rarely get questioned.

B half of the school shootings in the US are perpetrated by girls.

C women commit domestic violence against men at similar rates.

D a gender neutral approach is more politically correct.

Question #4

According to the video Tough Guise, ____________ is the primary way boys and men establish masculine credibility.

A ethnicity

B education

C money

D violence

Question #5

Pascoe (2007) argues that the “fag trope” is racialized in that ___________ boys were exempt from being called a “fag” when they danced or outwardly cared about their clothes and shoes.

A white

B African American

C upper class

D homosexual

Question #6

In Pascoe’s 2007 study, calling a girl a “lesbian” did not carry the same weight as calling a boy a “fag” because:

A the girls were part of a varsity sports team.

B being a lesbian was seen as “hot” to heterosexual boys.

C lesbians were the high achievers in school.

D most of the high school lesbians presented as femme.

Question #7

According to Pascoe’s 2007 article, homophobic insults are central to _____________ among the high school boys in her study.

A masculinity

B femininity

C education

D sexuality

Question #8

Women who are labeled as “sluts” or “bitches” embody_______femininity.

A pariah

B hegemonic

C stereotypical

D masculine

Question #9

Schippers (2007) argues that when men are labeled as “wimps” they are:

A enacting hegemonic masculinity.

B embodying heterosexuality.

C embodying femininity.

D enacting heteronormativity.

Question #10

According to Schippers (2007) women who embody “pariah femininities” are:

A stigmatized and feminized.

B at the top of the gender hierarchy.

C given material and social rewards for their behavior.

D celebrated.

Question #11

All of the following are aspects of hegemonic masculinity EXCEPT:

A competence

B strength.

C vulnerability.

D heterosexual prowess.

Question #12

Scholars like Kimberle Crenshaw and others argue that having an intersectional perspective is essential to:

A understanding individual people’s identities and challenging inequality they face.

B understanding the experiences of people born with ambiguous genitalia.

C distinguishing sociology from political science.

D the success of the white supremacist movement

Question #13

The model minority myth is harmful because:

A Asian women are excluded from the modeling industry.

B it results in the exclusion of Asian children from mainstream schools.

C it ignores the meaningful differences between groups of Asian people in the United States.

D it is an example of heteronormativity.

Question #14

Pyke and Johnson (2003) argued that one of the downsides of Asian women changing their gender presentations when they are with their family is that:

A it makes it seem like Asian cultures are unable to change.

B they all end up marrying outside their culture.

C they end up identifying as another race.

D Korean and Vietnamese men don’t know what their real personalities are like.

Question #15

In Pyke and Johnson’s 2003 study, the Korean and Vietnamese respondents associated independence, assertiveness, and confidence with:

A white femininity.

B Asian femininity.

C millennial femininity.

D their mothers.

Question #16

According to Pyke and Johnson (2003), controlling images work to:

A increase our understanding about day to day life in a certain group.

B mark that group as inferior.

C provide financial gains for the oppressed group.

D dismantle stereotypes about a racial group.

Question #17

Thin, white, straight, cisgender femininity is considered:

A pariah femininity.

B subordinated femininity.

C contained femininity.

D hegemonic femininity.

Question #18

Understanding that the Latino men in Hurtado and Sinha’s (2008) study receive privilege from being men in society but experience disadvantage from being Mexican and working-class is an example of a/an ______________ perspective.

A color-blind

B intersectional

C conservative

D liberal

Question #19

Many of the feminist-identified Latino men in Hurtado and Sinha’s (2008) study stressed the importance of _____________ in defining what “manhood” means to them.

A being dominant over other men

B suppressing their emotions

C connections to others

D objectifying women

Question #20

The men in Hurtado and Sinha’s (2008) saw “becoming a man” as:

A having sex with as many women as possible.

B being entitled to make all the family decisions.

C a developmental process.

D something that happened when they turned 15

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