Question 1

In "The Five Sexes, Revisited," Anne Fausto-Sterling defines ________________ as "people who have an emotional gender at odds with their physical sex."

Accepted Answer

In the article "The Five Sexes, Revisited," Anne Fausto-Sterling specifically defines transsexuals as "people who have an emotional gender at odds with their physical sex." Therefore, the correct answer is C) transsexuals.

Question 2

Based on "The New Science of Sex Difference" by Lisa Wade, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

According to the article, "all human hormones, including androgen and estrogen, circulate in both men's and women's bodies."

Question 3

According to Lisa Wade in "The New Science of Sex Difference," which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

Women generally have smaller brains than men, which is explained by their overall smaller body size. This difference in brain size is proportional to the difference in body size between men and women and does not imply a difference in intelligence or cognitive abilities.

Question 4

Which of the following, according to Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill in "Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism," is a distinguishing feature of multiracial feminism?

Accepted Answer

All of the above are distinguishing features of multiracial feminism, as stated in the article. Multiracial feminism emphasizes the intersectionality of hierarchies, understanding the relational nature of dominance and subordination, and recognizing that gender is constructed by a range of interlocking inequalities.

Question 5

In "Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism," Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill claim, "In the social sciences, multiracial feminism grew out of ________________ feminist thinking."

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Question 6

In "Masculinities and Globalization," Raewyn W. Connell claims that ________________ masculinity may not be common, but that it is "the most honored or desired in a particular context."

Accepted Answer

Connell argues that hegemonic masculinity may not be the dominant form of masculinity in every context, but it is the most honorably and desired form of masculinity within a particular cultural, social, and economic setting.

Question 7

According to Raewyn W. Connell in "Masculinities and Globalization," masculinities are not ________________ but rather illustrate "contradictory desires and conduct."

Accepted Answer

Connell argues that masculinities are not homogenous, or uniform, among all men, but rather consist of a range of contradictory desires and conduct. The other options (hegemonic and patriarchal) are related to specific types of masculinities, but do not capture the complexity and diversity of the concept overall.

Question 8

"The Western culture of ________________ ," according to Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild in "Global Woman," "contributes to the invisibility of migrant women and their work," because it prevents the acknowledgement of help and human interdependency.

Accepted Answer

The Western culture of individualism, according to Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild in "Global Woman," contributes to the invisibility of migrant women and their work, because it prevents the acknowledgment of help and human interdependency.

Question 9

In "Global Woman," which noneconomic factors do Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild identify as contributing to a woman's decision to emigrate?

Accepted Answer

Ehrenreich and Hochschild identify all of the above factors as contributing to a woman's decision to emigrate, including escaping caregiver expectations, avoiding required financial reliance on male family members, and escaping abusive relationships.

Question 10

Which of the following models, defined by Chandra Talpade Mohanty in "Antiglobalization Pedagogies and Feminism," results in the United States or Western European nation-states providing "a normative context" for students and teachers, leaving "power relations and hierarchies untouched since ideas about center and margin are reproduced along Eurocentric lines."

Accepted Answer

The Feminist-as-Tourist Model, according to Mohanty, results in the reproduction of power relations along Eurocentric lines, as Western European and American contexts are taken as the normative context. The other models (Feminist Solidarity and Feminist-as-Explorer) do not necessarily rely on the same reproduction of power relations.

Question 11

Drawing on two to three texts from Part I, explain why studying "patterns of international migration," as Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild describe it in "Global Woman," are important to the study of gender.

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Question 12

Given what you read in "The New Science of Sex Difference" by Lisa Wade, problematize the nature/nurture dichotomy in relation to gender and sexuality.

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Question 13

Based on what you read in "Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism," explain why Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill claim that "race and class differences are crucial" to the study of gender.

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Quiz 1: Perspectives on Sex, Gender, and Difference