Deck 18: Julie Bettie, Women Without Class: Chicas, Cholas, Trash, and the Presenceabsence of

Question 1

The women in the cliques/groups described by Bettie are

A) divided by unspoken, almost invisible boundaries; it took Bettie many weeks to recognize the existence of the cliques.
B) easily recognizable by the colors they wear, their makeup, and the way they wear their clothes.
C) treated very much the same across cliques by teachers and others with whom they interact.
D) in denial about belonging to or identifying with a clique or specific group.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Discussions with the women in Bettie's study tended to be filled with descriptions of themselves and others in terms of

A) their differences in preparation for college or jobs.
B) boyfriends: whether they had them, whether their boyfriends had cars and were in school or had dropped out, and whether the relationship was long-term or temporary.
C) ethnicity or racial identity.
D) sex and sexuality, sexual attractiveness, and sexual experiences.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In order to do her research, Bettie spent months

A) visiting juvenile detention facilities and medium security prisons near her university.
B) working alongside migrant workers in the fields and in sweatshops along the U.S.-Mexico border.
C) talking with and observing young women in a small town in California.
D) interviewing prostitutes who work out of their homes in a large, unidentified metropolitan area.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Among the young women Bettie studied were several groups or "cliques." Anglo/whites and Mexican-American students both belonged to a group identified as

A) hicks.
B) skaters.
C) rockers.
D) preps.

Question 5

Bettie found that social class

A) influences the actions of the police who arrest women for sex crimes; for example, lower-class women are treated much more harshly than middle-class women.
B) is much more important to young boys, who aspire to social advancement, than young girls.
C) impacted her research subjects, though they had difficulty explaining or even recognizing the effects of social class in discussions with her.
D) is discussed openly on television and presented accurately in situation comedies

Question 6

Bettie's essay is an examination of the way sociological-and especially feminist-theory needs to consider the way social class

A) affects people differently, depending on both their gender and their ethnicity.
B) has diminished in importance from the days of labor conflict and radical politics.
C) is ignored by the media in order to make everyone appear to be middle class.
D) is more important to young people than older people.