Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective Of Women'shealth
&Vchapter 2 Racismand Health Disparities
MULTIPLE-CHOICEV QUESTIONS
Selectvthevonevcorrectvanswervtoveachvofvthev Followingvquestions.
1. Whichvofvthev Followingvbestv Definesvthevtermv“Gender”Vasvusedvinvthisvtext?
a) Avperson’svsex
b) Avperson’svsexvasvdefinedvbyvsociety
c) Avsocietalvresponsevtovavperson’svself-Representationvasvavmanvorvwoman
d) Avperson’sv Biologicalvpresentationvasv Definedvbyvhimselfv Orvherself
2. Whichvfactorvbearsvmostvonvwomen’svhealthvcarevtoday?
a) Thevcomplexityvofvwomen’svhealth
b) Women’sVstatusVandVpositionVinVsociety
c) Populationvgrowth
d) Theveconomy
3. Whyvisvacknowledgingvthevoppressionvofvwomenvmore
Vdifficultvwithinvwesternvsocieties?
a) Thevmultiplicityv Ofv Minorityvgroupsv Complicatesv Thevissue.
b) Thevavailabilityvofv Healthvcarevmakesv Acknowledgmentv Morevdifficult.
c) Thevdiversityvofvthev Newsvmediavcloudsvthev Issue.
d) Affluencev Andv Increasedvopportunitiesv Maskv Oppression.
4. Whichvofvthev Followingvmostv Accuratelyvdefinesv “Oppression”Vasvusedv Invthevtext?
a) Notvhavingvav Choice
b) Notvhavingvav Voice
c) Anvactvofvtyranny
d) Avfeelingvofv Beingvburdened
5. Invwhatvwayvdoesvavmodelvofvcarevbasedvonvavfeministvperspectiv
Evcontrastvsharplywithvavbiomedicalvmodel?
a) Itvprovidesvavforumvforvthevexplorationvofvgenderv Issues.
b) Itvseeksv Equalv Distributionvofvpowerv Withinvthevhealthcarevinteraction.
c) Itvemphasizesvwomen’svrights.
, d) Itvopensvnewvavenuesvforvwomen’svhealthv Care.
6. Gendervisvrootedvin Andvshapedvbyv .
a) Society,Vbiology
b) Self-Representation,V Societalvexpectations
c) Biology,V Environmentvandvexperience
d) Biology,Vhormones
7. Women’sVhealthVrisks,Vtreatments,Vandvapproachesvarevnotvalway
Svbasedvinvscienceandvbiologyvbecause
a) Theyvarevoftenvbasedvonvoutdatedvtreatmentsvandvapproaches.
b) Theyvarev Determinedv Byvsocialvexpectationsv Andv Gendervassumptions.
c) Theyvoftenv Relyvonvalternativev Treatmentsvandvapproaches.
d) Scientificvresearchvoftenvfailsvtovtakevwomenvintovconsideration.
8. Reproductivevrightsvwerevaddedvtovthevworldvhealt
Hvorganization’svhumanvrightsvframeworkvinvthevlastv ?
a) 5Vyears
b) 10Vyears
c) 20Vyears
d) 40Vyears
9. “Safevmotherhood”Vwasvaddedvtovthevhumanvrightsvframeworkv Invordervto
a) Addressvmaternalvmorbidityvandv Mortalityvonvavglobalvlevel
b) Meetvavlegalvobligation
c) Correctvanvinjustice
d) Correctvanvoversight
10. Whatvisvavchiefvfailingvofvthevbiomedicalvmodelvinvregardsvtovwomen’svhealthvcare?
a) Itsvreliancevonvstudiesvcomprisedvexclusivelyvofvmales
b) Itsvconsiderationv Ofvwomenvasvcentralv Thevmodel
c) Itsvemphasisvonvsciencevandvmedicine
d) Itsvlimitedvdefinitionv Ofv“Health”Vasv“Thev Absencev Ofv Disease”
11. Thevsocialvmodelvofvhealthvplacesvthev Focusvofvhealthvon
a) Thevcommunity.
b) Thevindividual.
c) Environmentalvconditions.
d) Scientificvresearch.
12. Whichvquestionvbelowvsupportsvthevstrategy:V“Identifyvwomen’s
agencyvinvthevmidstvofvsocialvconstraintvandvthevbiomedicalvparadigm.”?
V
a) “Arev‘Allvwomen’vthevsame?”
b) “Whyvdovyouvcarevaboutvthevissue?”
c) “Arevwomenvreallyvvictimsv Orvarev Theyvactingvwithvagency?”
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