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Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology, 4/e
Estelle Disch, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Health and Illness

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1

According to Don Sabo in Reading 61 (Masculinities and Men's Health), men's health is determined by both biological and social factors.
A)True
B)False
2

According to Evelyn Barbee and Marilyn Little in Reading 62 (Health, Social Class, and African-American Women), while African-American women are no longer subjected to forced sterilization, they have few reproductive rights.
A)True
B)False
3

In Reading 63 (Reproductive Issues are Essential Survival Issues for the Asian-American Communities), author Connie Chan describes her good fortune that the health center where she worked provided counseling about birth control and abortion services.
A)True
B)False
4

In Reading 63 (Reproductive Issues Are Essential Survival Issues for the Asian-American Communities), author Connie Chan suggests that women's reproductive rights are actually community issues.
A)True
B)False
5

According to Sandra Steingraber in Reading 64 (Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl Chloride [PVC] and the Breasts of Mothers), human breast milk is the most contaminated of all human foods.
A)True
B)False
6

In Reading 65 (Does Silencio = Muerte? Notes on Translating the AIDS Epidemic), author Rafael Campo notes that some Latino/as view AIDS as a price to pay for a better life.
A)True
B)False
7

Hormones are the safest, yet the most expensive, way to alter one's body, according to Kai Wright in Reading 66 (To Be Poor and Transgender).
A)True
B)False
8

In Reading 61 (Masculinities and Men's Health), author Don Sabo's thesis is that:
A)traditional masculinity can be dangerous to men's health
B)traditional masculinity can contribute to men's health
C)masculine behaviors encourage healthier, more active lifestyles
D)b and c
9

According to Evelyn Barbee and Marilyn Little in Reading 62 (Health, Social Class, and African-American Women), which of the following statements describes the relationship between HIV/AIDS and African-American women?
A)Case definitions of AIDS are based on a male profile.
B)African-America women do not contract AIDS as often as African-American men do.
C)Hardly any African-American women are exposed to HIV through IV drug use.
D)African-American women have less access to health care than do the men in their communities.
10

In Reading 64 (Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl Chloride [PVC] and the Breasts of Mothers), author Sandra Steingraber's interest in this issue is inspired by her role as each of the following EXCEPT:
A)mother
B)scientist
C)cancer survivor
D)cancer researcher
11

In Reading 65 (Does Silencio = Muerte? Notes on Translating the AIDS Epidemic), which of the following is NOT suggested by the author as contributing to the silence about AIDS in Latino/a communities?
A)homophobia
B)Catholicism
C)absence of free clinics in Latino/a communities
D)lack of economic prospects
12

According to Kai Wright in Reading 66 (To Be Poor and Transgender), transgender individuals are typically all of the following EXCEPT:
A)drag performers
B)heterosexual cross-dressers
C)people who live in a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth
D)people who are confused about which gender they are because they are hermaphrodites