GENS 2400 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
A primary focus of a "third wave" feminist agenda is on - Answers sexuality and identity
The late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century women's organization NWSA continues today as -
Answers League of Women Voters
The feminist theoretical perspective that combines radical feminism and the insights of a class
analysis is: - Answers Socialist feminism
CEDAW is a global treaty or convention on women's status. It stands for Convention on the - Answers
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
A strategy of liberal feminism is working within the system for change. - Answers true
The concept of intersectionality demonstrates the important relationship between scholarship and
activism. - Answers true
The introduction of the term Latinx resulted in its immediate, widespread use. - Answers false
In her article on women and education Adrienne Rich emphasizes that students have the right to
receive an education. - Answers false
The United States ratified CEDAW in 2008 at the start of President Obama's first presidential term. -
Answers false
Legal changes brought about in part as a result of the women's movement include - Answers the
equal pat act (1963)
The Black Lives Matter movement is committed to the inclusion of - Answers all of the above
Which of the following is not one of the myths associated with feminism as discussed in Chapter One?
- Answers Feminists are greedy and want to make money
Latinx is a term that acknowledges intersectional identities. - Answers true
Women received the vote with the Sixteenth Amendment in 1920. - Answers false
Black women's studies grew out of the critique of lack of inclusivity on the part of traditional women's
studies programs. - Answers true
Queer women's activist leadership is a new phenomenon - Answers false
One of the two central components of feminism is a reallocation of power to women over men. -
Answers false
A poll about feminist attitudes found that somewhat less than half of women polled agreed that
feminism had made their lives better. - Answers false
Women are the victims of police brutality. - Answers true
Which of the following is not a disadvantage of the "wave" approach to describe feminist activity? -
Answers Encourages resistance by traditional religious organizations
Androcentrism implies putting men on center and confusing maleness with humanity. - Answers true
The strategy of "add women and stir" associated with the development of women's studies
knowledge is the most serious challenge to traditional knowledge and its truth claims. - Answers false
The physical and biological sciences have been more resistant than the humanities and the social
sciences to embracing women's studies knowledge. - Answers true
Transnational feminist perspectives support the notion of "universal sisterhood." - Answers false
One of the two central components of feminism is a reallocation of power to women over men. -
Answers false
Imperialism can be defined as the economic, military, political and/or cultural domination over
nations. - Answers true
The term "gender studies" reflects a movement away from a fixed idea of "woman." - Answers true
The integration of Women's and Gender Studies knowledge has occurred mostly in the biological and
physical sciences. - Answers false
In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich emphasizes that there are three parts to her contract that
include: costs of student education, appropriate housing, and safety on campus. - Answers false
Chapter One makes the case that "women" is still a necessary aspect of "women's and gender
studies"? Why is it necessary? - Answers Because we live in an androcentric society
The Black Lives Matter movement has three main leaders. - Answers false
Who among the following has been considered an antifeminist writer? - Answers Camille Paglia
Misogyny is defined as the social organization of gender in society. - Answers false
A poll about feminist attitudes found that somewhat less than half of women polled agreed that
feminism had made their lives better. - Answers false
Patriarchy can be defined as - Answers male domination
, Postmodern feminism - Answers Emphasizes truth is a relative concept
Third wave feminism has its origins in the lives of the baby boomer generation of the 1960s and
1970s. - Answers false
Postmodernism is a perspective that - Answers Investigates the relationship between knowledge and
power
The terms postfeminism implies - Answers Both (a) and (b)
Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person") argues that white
privilege - Answers Should not be confused with class privilege
In her essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," Audre Lorde makes which of the following
arguments? - Answers Oppression of one group threatens the members of all groups
The woman in the poem "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" hopes to attract men so that she can
reject them. - Answers true
As explained in Chapter 2, hate groups in the U.S. include all but which of the following? - Answers
None; all of the above are U.S. hate groups
Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") is concerned that WGS applies the concept of intersectionality in a
way that - Answers not: suppresses multiplicity, focuses on, a and b
Imperialism is defined as the confluence of ethnocentrism and misogyny. - Answers false
In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins describes the institutional, symbolic, and individual
dimensions of oppression. - Answers true
The term for the process whereby individuals direct the resentment and anger they have about their
situation onto those who are of equal or lesser status is horizontal hostility. - Answers true
"Micro" means focusing on the level of individuals and "macro" means focusing on the large-scale,
societal levels. - Answers true
Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") critiques which author known for her classic article "Oppression"?
- Answers Marilyn Frye
Gina Crosley-Corcoran's essay "Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person" responds to Peggy
McIntosh's famous article on white privilege. - Answers true
The "bootstrap myth" implies that everyone deserves to have an equal piece of the pie within a
democracy. - Answers false
The bootstrap myth is a discourse of U.S. institutional power that - Answers Both (c) and (d)
Institutions can be defined as messages that shape our understandings of social life. - Answers false
According to Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person"),
intersectionality can help us - Answers Complicate our understanding of white privilege
The Latin prefix "cis" (Evin Taylor/"Cisgender Privilege") means literally - Answers on this side
The "psy sciences" are a form of institutional power because they - Answers Classify individuals as
"normal" or "deviant"
Being a member of a target group implies being in a position of subordination vis-à-vis the mythical
norm. - Answers true
Sexual terrorism is the threat of rape and sexual assault that controls primarily lesbians' lives. -
Answers false
The cultural acceptance of men being able to date much younger women is an example of privilege
associated with which two systems of inequality and privilege? - Answers Sexism and ageism
Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") makes the case for the confluence of multiple forms of oppression.
- Answers true
In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins emphasizes the importance of "both/and" thinking
when considering issues of privilege and oppression. - Answers true
Institutions pattern systems of inequality and privilege in which of the following ways - Answers Not:
interconenct with each other, none, both b and c, assign various roles
When Audre Lorde writes, "when they appear to destroy me, it will not be long before they appear to
destroy you," in "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," she attempts to - Answers Both (a) and (b)
In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins writes about the symbolic dimension of systems of
oppression. This is the same as the - Answers Ideological realm
Audre Lorde, author of "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," is a black, lesbian mother and poet. -
Answers true
Audre Lorde's essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression" illustrates which of the following? -
Answers all
A primary focus of a "third wave" feminist agenda is on - Answers sexuality and identity
The late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century women's organization NWSA continues today as -
Answers League of Women Voters
The feminist theoretical perspective that combines radical feminism and the insights of a class
analysis is: - Answers Socialist feminism
CEDAW is a global treaty or convention on women's status. It stands for Convention on the - Answers
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
A strategy of liberal feminism is working within the system for change. - Answers true
The concept of intersectionality demonstrates the important relationship between scholarship and
activism. - Answers true
The introduction of the term Latinx resulted in its immediate, widespread use. - Answers false
In her article on women and education Adrienne Rich emphasizes that students have the right to
receive an education. - Answers false
The United States ratified CEDAW in 2008 at the start of President Obama's first presidential term. -
Answers false
Legal changes brought about in part as a result of the women's movement include - Answers the
equal pat act (1963)
The Black Lives Matter movement is committed to the inclusion of - Answers all of the above
Which of the following is not one of the myths associated with feminism as discussed in Chapter One?
- Answers Feminists are greedy and want to make money
Latinx is a term that acknowledges intersectional identities. - Answers true
Women received the vote with the Sixteenth Amendment in 1920. - Answers false
Black women's studies grew out of the critique of lack of inclusivity on the part of traditional women's
studies programs. - Answers true
Queer women's activist leadership is a new phenomenon - Answers false
One of the two central components of feminism is a reallocation of power to women over men. -
Answers false
A poll about feminist attitudes found that somewhat less than half of women polled agreed that
feminism had made their lives better. - Answers false
Women are the victims of police brutality. - Answers true
Which of the following is not a disadvantage of the "wave" approach to describe feminist activity? -
Answers Encourages resistance by traditional religious organizations
Androcentrism implies putting men on center and confusing maleness with humanity. - Answers true
The strategy of "add women and stir" associated with the development of women's studies
knowledge is the most serious challenge to traditional knowledge and its truth claims. - Answers false
The physical and biological sciences have been more resistant than the humanities and the social
sciences to embracing women's studies knowledge. - Answers true
Transnational feminist perspectives support the notion of "universal sisterhood." - Answers false
One of the two central components of feminism is a reallocation of power to women over men. -
Answers false
Imperialism can be defined as the economic, military, political and/or cultural domination over
nations. - Answers true
The term "gender studies" reflects a movement away from a fixed idea of "woman." - Answers true
The integration of Women's and Gender Studies knowledge has occurred mostly in the biological and
physical sciences. - Answers false
In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich emphasizes that there are three parts to her contract that
include: costs of student education, appropriate housing, and safety on campus. - Answers false
Chapter One makes the case that "women" is still a necessary aspect of "women's and gender
studies"? Why is it necessary? - Answers Because we live in an androcentric society
The Black Lives Matter movement has three main leaders. - Answers false
Who among the following has been considered an antifeminist writer? - Answers Camille Paglia
Misogyny is defined as the social organization of gender in society. - Answers false
A poll about feminist attitudes found that somewhat less than half of women polled agreed that
feminism had made their lives better. - Answers false
Patriarchy can be defined as - Answers male domination
, Postmodern feminism - Answers Emphasizes truth is a relative concept
Third wave feminism has its origins in the lives of the baby boomer generation of the 1960s and
1970s. - Answers false
Postmodernism is a perspective that - Answers Investigates the relationship between knowledge and
power
The terms postfeminism implies - Answers Both (a) and (b)
Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person") argues that white
privilege - Answers Should not be confused with class privilege
In her essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," Audre Lorde makes which of the following
arguments? - Answers Oppression of one group threatens the members of all groups
The woman in the poem "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" hopes to attract men so that she can
reject them. - Answers true
As explained in Chapter 2, hate groups in the U.S. include all but which of the following? - Answers
None; all of the above are U.S. hate groups
Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") is concerned that WGS applies the concept of intersectionality in a
way that - Answers not: suppresses multiplicity, focuses on, a and b
Imperialism is defined as the confluence of ethnocentrism and misogyny. - Answers false
In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins describes the institutional, symbolic, and individual
dimensions of oppression. - Answers true
The term for the process whereby individuals direct the resentment and anger they have about their
situation onto those who are of equal or lesser status is horizontal hostility. - Answers true
"Micro" means focusing on the level of individuals and "macro" means focusing on the large-scale,
societal levels. - Answers true
Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") critiques which author known for her classic article "Oppression"?
- Answers Marilyn Frye
Gina Crosley-Corcoran's essay "Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person" responds to Peggy
McIntosh's famous article on white privilege. - Answers true
The "bootstrap myth" implies that everyone deserves to have an equal piece of the pie within a
democracy. - Answers false
The bootstrap myth is a discourse of U.S. institutional power that - Answers Both (c) and (d)
Institutions can be defined as messages that shape our understandings of social life. - Answers false
According to Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person"),
intersectionality can help us - Answers Complicate our understanding of white privilege
The Latin prefix "cis" (Evin Taylor/"Cisgender Privilege") means literally - Answers on this side
The "psy sciences" are a form of institutional power because they - Answers Classify individuals as
"normal" or "deviant"
Being a member of a target group implies being in a position of subordination vis-à-vis the mythical
norm. - Answers true
Sexual terrorism is the threat of rape and sexual assault that controls primarily lesbians' lives. -
Answers false
The cultural acceptance of men being able to date much younger women is an example of privilege
associated with which two systems of inequality and privilege? - Answers Sexism and ageism
Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") makes the case for the confluence of multiple forms of oppression.
- Answers true
In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins emphasizes the importance of "both/and" thinking
when considering issues of privilege and oppression. - Answers true
Institutions pattern systems of inequality and privilege in which of the following ways - Answers Not:
interconenct with each other, none, both b and c, assign various roles
When Audre Lorde writes, "when they appear to destroy me, it will not be long before they appear to
destroy you," in "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," she attempts to - Answers Both (a) and (b)
In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins writes about the symbolic dimension of systems of
oppression. This is the same as the - Answers Ideological realm
Audre Lorde, author of "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," is a black, lesbian mother and poet. -
Answers true
Audre Lorde's essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression" illustrates which of the following? -
Answers all
