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

Violence

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1

In Reading 53 (Women, Violence, and Resistance), author Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz suggests that women are inherently non-violent and that they should overcome that.
A)True
B)False
2

According to Jan Goodwin in Reading 54 (The Ultimate Growth Industry: Trafficking in Women and Girls), although there is prostitution in the United States, there is no sexual slavery because of protective legislation.
A)True
B)False
3

In Reading 55 (Where Race and Gender Meet: Racism, Hate Crimes, and Pornography), author Helen Zia states that most of the hate crimes reported and prosecuted involve lesbians.
A)True
B)False
4

According to Terry Kupers in Reading 56 (Homophobia in Straight Men), "homosexual rape" is a constant threat in prison.
A)True
B)False
5

According to Reading 57 (Stopping Sexual Harassment: A Challenge for Community Education), by Robert Allen, sexual harassment is an extension of socialization.
A)True
B)False
6

In Reading 58 (How Safe is America?), author Desiree Taylor suggests that safety is related to how much money you have.
A)True
B)False
7

In Reading 59 (Wielding Masculinity inside Abu Ghraib: Making Feminist Sense of an American Military Scandal), Cynthia Enloe believes that we should employ a set of feminist tools to explain why one American woman military guard in particular, Lynndie England, captured the attention of so many media editors and ordinary viewers and readers.
A)True
B)False
8

According to Cynthia Enloe in Reading 59 (Wielding Masculinity inside Abu Ghraib: Making Feminist Sense of an American Military Scandal), feminist researchers have revealed that virtually all organizations are gendered, in that they are shaped by the ideas about, and daily practices of masculinities and femininities.
A)True
B)False
9

According to Stephen J. Ducat in Reading 60 (Gender in a Time of Holy War: Fundamentalism Femiphobia and Post-9/11 Masculinity), Christian and Islamic fundamentalists are not particularly aligned in their concern to discipline the feminine.
A)True
B)False
10

In Reading 56 (Women, Violence, and Resistance), author Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz suggests that women's violence can do all of the following EXCEPT:
A)True
B)False
11

In Reading 53 (Women, Violence, and Resistance), author Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz suggests that women's violence can do all of the following EXCEPT:
A)serve women
B)endanger women
C)violate women
D)change society
12

According to Jan Goodwin in Reading 54 (The Ultimate Growth Industry: Trafficking in Women and Girls), trafficking in women and girls includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A)sex work
B)the forced marriage industry
C)forced military service
D)economic slavery
13

According to Helen Zia in Reading 55 (Where Race and Gender Meet: Racism, Hate Crimes, and Pornography), hate statutes could reinforce racism against black men because of:
A)the legacy of black men being accused of raping white women
B)reverse racism
C)the fact that more black men than white are detained, arrested, and prosecuted for crimes
D)none of the above
14

According to Reading 56 (Homophobia in Straight Men), by Terry Kupers, the transvestite whom the author encountered in his visit to prison:
A)was gay
B)was a transvestite on "the outside"
C)had been beaten and raped before cross-dressing
D)had positioned himself as the sexual toy of other prisoners
15

According to Reading 57 (Stopping Sexual Harassment: A Challenge for Community Education), by Robert Allen, which of the following groups is more susceptible to sexual harassment?
A)poor women of color
B)pretty, white women
C)women in male-dominated executive positions
D)women perceived as sexually available
16

What is Reading 58 (How Safe is America?), by Desiree Taylor, about?
A)the CIA's inability to protect the United States
B)terrorism from other nations
C)racism and classism
D)the horror of September 11th