Practice Quiz: Chapter 07

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. By 2012, women made up close to what percent of undergraduate and MA enrolment in universities across Canada?

a) 40 per cent correct incorrect

b) 50 per cent correct incorrect

c) 60 per cent correct incorrect

d) 70 per cent correct incorrect

e) 80 per cent correct incorrect

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. Which theorist is credited with using telling subtitles in her work that capture the sense of exclusion, isolation, and invisibility of women's perspectives within the discipline of sociology?

a) Janus Irvine correct incorrect

b) Anne Oakley correct incorrect

c) Patricia Hill Collins correct incorrect

d) Jade Boyd correct incorrect

e) Dorothy Smith correct incorrect

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. Bill C-23, passed in 2000, recognized which of the following?

a) Same sex couples are given the same rights and obligations as heterosexual common-law couples. correct incorrect

b) Adults are prohibited from engaging in virtually any kind of sexual contact with children under 14, regardless of consent. correct incorrect

c) Homosexuality was no longer illegal, nor a mental illness. correct incorrect

d) Same-sex couples have access to civil marriage without discrimination. correct incorrect

e) Women are allowed to seek an abortion at any time. correct incorrect

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. A male pro-feminist theoretical and activist perspective began to take shape in sociology through which of the following decades?

a) 1930s-1940s correct incorrect

b) 1940s-1950s correct incorrect

c) 1960s-1970s correct incorrect

d) 1980s-1990s correct incorrect

e) 2000s correct incorrect

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. A dominant form of masculinity in society, one that tells men to be strong, assertive, aggressive, and self-reliant is referred to as what?

a) Hyper masculinity correct incorrect

b) Hegemonic masculinity correct incorrect

c) Intersectional masculinity correct incorrect

d) Authentic masculinity correct incorrect

e) Mainstream masculinity correct incorrect

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. Historically, sociology has been heterocentric. What does this mean?

a) Sociology has focused equally upon both genders within the society. correct incorrect

b) Sociology has been a male-centred discipline. correct incorrect

c) Sociology has been a female-centred discipline. correct incorrect

d) Sociology has been gender neutral. correct incorrect

e) Sociology has not distinguished between genders. correct incorrect

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. What did the First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia find was occurring in Canadian schools?

a) Trans students heard negative comments from classmates. correct incorrect

b) Trans students heard negative comments from teachers. correct incorrect

c) Trans students heard negative comments from school staff. correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. The All Families are Equal Act was passed in Ontario in what year?

a) 1989 correct incorrect

b) 2005 correct incorrect

c) 2016 correct incorrect

d) 2017 correct incorrect

e) It has yet to pass in Ontario. correct incorrect

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. What does the work of feminist sociologists Himani Bannerji and Sherene Razack draw attention to in Canada?

a) Homophobia correct incorrect

b) Multiple dimensions of inequality which interconnect with gender correct incorrect

c) Sexism correct incorrect

d) Gender in everyday life correct incorrect

e) Gender and sexuality in school correct incorrect

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. What is the "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" campaign raising awareness about?

a) Sexism in the workplace correct incorrect

b) Violence against women correct incorrect

c) Sexism in schools correct incorrect

d) Inequality in the workplace correct incorrect

e) Inappropriate work clothes regulations for women working in bars correct incorrect

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. According to Janice Irvine, sexuality is a broad domain involving multiple fields of power, diverse systems of knowledge, and sets of institutional and political discourses.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Sexism is the subordination of one sex and the perceived superiority of the other.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Occupational sexuality maintains that different occupational cultures hold different and specific social rules about what constitutes appropriate or acceptable sexuality.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Sexuality has been understood as both an arena for women's liberation and a crucial vector of women's oppression.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Much of the early scientific research on sexuality focused on the psychological aspects of sex and procreation.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Intersectional paradigms remind us that there is one fundamental type of oppression that produces injustice.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The terms "sex" and "gender" are interchangeable.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Women's groups and feminists are ambivalent regarding the role of men in combating sexual violence.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Many of the posters on university campuses dealing with sexual assault target women completely ignoring the role men can play in ending sexual assault.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Gender segregation in university programs carries graduates into gender-segregated jobs.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect