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WGS 1000 Final Exam Questions and
Answers
The form of feminism bell hooks identifies in which women work within the existing power
structures to maximize their freedom is called:
:-- Reformist feminism
In what previous publication written about in "Feminist Politics" does bell hooks define
feminism?
:-- Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Where does bell hooks claim that radical feminism has been most accepted?
:-- Academia
Allen Johnson claims that patriarchy is:
:-- A system
Some critics objected to Johnson's statement that the participants in the patriarchy include:
:-- Women
According to Allen Johnson patriarchy privileges are:
:-- Dominance/Control and Masculinity
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Anne Fausto-Sterling estimates that for every 1,000 children born, roughly ___ are intersex.
:-- 17
Which of these are sexes named in Anne Fausto-Sterling's "The Five Sexes?"
:-- Herms, Merms, and Ferms
What was the name of the woman who spoke at the May 2000 meeting of the Lawson Wilkins
Pediatric Endocrine Society (LWPES) as told by Anne Fausto-Sterling in "The Five Sexes
Revisited?"
:-- Cheryl Chase
According to the customs followed by Ijeoma A.'s family, what part of a chicken could only be
eaten by the oldest man at the table?
:-- Heart
In what country was Ijeoma A. raised?
:-- Nigeria
In what ways do the boys at River High School constitute masculinity, according to C.J. Pascoe?
:-- By demonstrating sexual mastery and denying girls' subjectivity
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C.J. Pascoe writes that which queer theorist challenges that gender is natural by claiming that
gender is performed through "a set of repeated acts within a highly rigid regulatory frame that
congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance, of a natural sort of being?"
:-- Judith Baker
C.J. Pascoe advocated uncoupling the study of masculinity from what?
:-- The male body
According to Paisley Currah, "Stepping Back, Looking Onward: Situating Transgender Activism
and Transgender Studies," which respondent was particularly interested in the racial context of
the transgender rights movement?
:-- Matt Richardson
In her essay "Oppression," Marilyn Frye argues that men can be oppressed as:
:-- Members of a certain race and class
How does Peggy McIntosh "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," in her essay,
describe "the feeling that one belongs within the human circle"?
:-- As an unearned advantage
Which system of oppression does Audre Lorde in her essay, "There Is No Hierarchy of
Oppressions" claim is the most oppressive?
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:-- All systems of oppression are equally oppressive
What identity is not accepted within queer African communities according to Ashley Currier and
Thérèse Migraine-George in the essay "Queer/African Identities: Questions, Limits,
Challenges"?
:-- Bisexual
What is the fundamental claim of feminism that Marilyn Frye identifies in here essay
"Oppression"?
:-- That women are oppressed
Why does Audre Lorde, in her essay, "There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions" claim that "Any
attack against Black people is a lesbian and gay issue?"
:-- Because identities intersect, and many Black people are part of the gay and lesbian
community
What acronym does Kris Hayashi use to describe the trans community in Paisley Currah's essay,
"Stepping Back, Looking Onward: Situating Transgender Activism and Transgender Studies"?
:-- TGNC
In her essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," Peggy McIntosh argues that
systematic change:
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