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Intro to WGS Final
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Women's & Gender Studies
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12/16/2013

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Reinterpretation of religion
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Redefining patriarchal parts of the Bible
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___% of the people own ___% of the wealth in the U.S.
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1 & 90
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Highest rate of incarceration is among which racial group?
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African-Americans
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Wicca or Witchcraft is oriented towards which type of deity.
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Goddess
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In 2009 Obama changed policy to
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give asylum to non-U.S. women that suffer inescapable abuse.
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Gender violence does NOT occur as a result of...
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anger.
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Which type of media is the most persuasive and influential according to your textbook?
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Television.
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According to the video Killing Us Softly 4, fewer than___of women have the unique body type used in marketing and advertisement.
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5%
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Only showing parts of a woman's body or using images of a woman's body to represent or morph into a product is known as
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objectification
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A common type of rape that occurs when a woman is viewed as having too much power.
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Backlash Rape
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How women use the internet versus how men use it
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Summarize the points of Enlightened Sexism by Susan Douglas.
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The "70/30" gender divide that finds newly married women completing twice as much housework after becoming married is known as
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The Second Shift
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Unpaid labor that assumes that housework and childcare are women's work is also known as
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reproductive labor
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Contempt, loathing, or hatred for women
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misogyny
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For every dollar a man earns women earn
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77 cents
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For every dollar a man earns women earn
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77 cents
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Which group of women is most likely to be persuaded to undergo sterilization?
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Women on welfare
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In the essay "Don't Give up Your Day Job" the author discusses the negative consequences of women quitting their jobs to stay at home with their children. What is the main reason she finds this problematic?
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Staying at home can have a negative impact on future economic stability.
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____refers to using white, male, heterosexual values to judge others.
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The mythical norm.
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Enlightened Sexism
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Types of rape and sexual assault.
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Forms of advertisement and media from chapter 9.
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Relation between masculinity and rape culture.
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The power and control wheel.
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Principles and types of gender violence.
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