MODULE 1- INTRO TO WOMEN'S STUDIES CORRECTLY
COVERD #19
Trope - correct answer A common pattern in a story or a recognizable attribute in a
character that conveys info to the audience
Straw Feminist - correct answer A made-up version of a feminist that doesn't really
exist, used in straw man arguments against feminist ideas
Liberalism - correct answer A theory about individual rights, freedom, choice, & privacy,
w. Roots in 17th-Century European political ideas (e.g., the writings of philosopher John
Locke)
Liberal Feminism - correct answer Explains the oppression of women in terms of
unequal oppression to political, economic, & social institutions
Patriarchy - correct answer Male dominance
Socialist Feminism - correct answer Sees the oppression of women in terms of 2
interconnected & reinforcing systems, patriarchy & capitalism
Intersectionality - correct answer Theoretical perspectives that integrate gender w.
Other systems of inequality
Which "wave" of feminism includes alliances across lines of race & class? - correct
answer The second wave
Gender - correct answer Either of the 2 sexes (male & female), espec. When
considered w. Reference to social & cultural differences rather than biological ones. The
term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that don't correspond to
established ideas of male & female.
Abstract - correct answer Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or
concrete existence
Pedagogy - correct answer The method & practice of teaching, espec. As an academic
subject or theoretical concept
Marginalized - correct answer (Of a person, group, or concept) treated as insignificant
or peripheral
Breadth - correct answer Wide range or extent
Repudiation - correct answer Rejection of a proposal or idea; Denial of the truth or
validity of something
COVERD #19
Trope - correct answer A common pattern in a story or a recognizable attribute in a
character that conveys info to the audience
Straw Feminist - correct answer A made-up version of a feminist that doesn't really
exist, used in straw man arguments against feminist ideas
Liberalism - correct answer A theory about individual rights, freedom, choice, & privacy,
w. Roots in 17th-Century European political ideas (e.g., the writings of philosopher John
Locke)
Liberal Feminism - correct answer Explains the oppression of women in terms of
unequal oppression to political, economic, & social institutions
Patriarchy - correct answer Male dominance
Socialist Feminism - correct answer Sees the oppression of women in terms of 2
interconnected & reinforcing systems, patriarchy & capitalism
Intersectionality - correct answer Theoretical perspectives that integrate gender w.
Other systems of inequality
Which "wave" of feminism includes alliances across lines of race & class? - correct
answer The second wave
Gender - correct answer Either of the 2 sexes (male & female), espec. When
considered w. Reference to social & cultural differences rather than biological ones. The
term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that don't correspond to
established ideas of male & female.
Abstract - correct answer Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or
concrete existence
Pedagogy - correct answer The method & practice of teaching, espec. As an academic
subject or theoretical concept
Marginalized - correct answer (Of a person, group, or concept) treated as insignificant
or peripheral
Breadth - correct answer Wide range or extent
Repudiation - correct answer Rejection of a proposal or idea; Denial of the truth or
validity of something
