module 3

Question 1

What are the four fundamental beliefs that constitute sexism?

Answer 1

Sexual dimorphism, innate sex differences, innate superiority of one group, and innate inferiority of others.

Question 2

What is patriarchy?

Answer 2

A system of social structures and practices where men dominate, oppress, and exploit women.

Question 3

Which scholar is associated with the study of patriarchy in the slides?

Answer 3

Kate Millet.

Question 4

When did First Wave Feminism occur?

Answer 4

Mid-1800s to the 1930s.

Question 5

What was the primary goal of First Wave Feminism?

Answer 5

Women’s suffrage (the right to vote).

Question 6

Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments?

Answer 6

Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Question 7

When and where was the Declaration of Sentiments introduced?

Answer 7

1848, Seneca Falls Convention.

Question 8

Name one Black First Wave feminist activist.

Answer 8

Sojourner Truth (also Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, Nannie Helen Burroughs).

Question 9

What was the goal of the Famous Five?

Answer 9

To have women legally recognized as “Persons” and eligible for Senate appointment.

Question 10

When were women declared “Persons” in Canada?

Answer 10

1929.

Question 11

Who was Emily Murphy?

Answer 11

Canadian judge and author of The Black Candle.

Question 12

What were the years of Alberta’s Sexual Sterilization Act?

Answer 12

1928–1972.

Question 13

Who successfully sued Alberta for wrongful sterilization?

Answer 13

Leilani Muir.

Question 14

When did Manitoba women gain the right to vote?

Answer 14

1916.

Question 15

What is anti-feminism?

Answer 15

Opposition to feminist goals and ideologies.

Question 16

What is post-feminism?

Answer 16

The belief that feminism’s goals have already been achieved.

Question 17

What is pseudo-feminism?

Answer 17

A superficial form of feminism that does not challenge real power structures.

Question 18

What was the main goal of First Wave feminism?

Answer 18

Women’s suffrage (the right to vote).

Question 19

What was the Declaration of Sentiments?

Answer 19

: A document demanding equal rights for women.

Question 20

What did the Persons Case establish?

Answer 20

That women were legally recognized as “Persons” in Canada.

Question 21

What was the goal of the Famous Five?

Answer 21

To allow women to be appointed to the Senate.

Question 22

How were suffragettes portrayed in anti-suffrage propaganda?

Answer 22

As unattractive, neglectful mothers, or anti-family.

Question 23

What organization opposed women’s suffrage?

Answer 23

The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.

Question 24

Who was Sojourner Truth?

Answer 24

A Black feminist and abolitionist associated with early suffrage activism.

Question 25

Who was Ida B. Wells?

Answer 25

A journalist and anti-lynching activist.

Question 26

Who was Anna Julia Cooper?

Answer 26

A Black feminist scholar who wrote A Voice from the South.

Question 27

How was Indian status historically awarded under Canadian law?

Answer 27

Through patrilineal descent (through men).

Question 28

What happened to a status woman who married a non-status man?

Answer 28

She lost her legal status.

Question 29

What is the main theme of Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again?

Answer 29

indigenous women fighting to regain status after marriage.

Question 30

What issue resurfaced in recent news regarding Indigenous women?

Answer 30

Continued forced or coerced sterilization.

Question 31

What was the Sexual Sterilization Act?

Answer 31

An Alberta law that allowed forced sterilization under eugenics policies.

Question 32

Who was Leilani Muir?

Answer 32

A survivor who successfully sued Alberta for wrongful sterilization.

Question 33

What was the purpose of eugenics policies?

Answer 33

To control reproduction based on ideas of “fitness” and social worth.

Question 34

What was the focus of Second Wave feminism?

Answer 34

Legal rights, workplace equality, reproductive rights.

Question 35

Which ideology is most associated with Second Wave feminism?

Answer 35

Liberal feminism.

Question 36

What major legal changes occurred during the Second Wave?

Answer 36

Legalization of contraception, abortion reform, decriminalization of homosexuality, marital rape criminalization.

Question 37

What does Section 15(1) of the Charter protect against?

Answer 37

Discrimination based on race, sex, age, disability, religion, etc.

Question 38

What does Section 15(2) allow?

Answer 38

Programs that support disadvantaged groups (affirmative action-type programs).

Question 39

: The Charter guarantees equality “before and ____ the law.”

Answer 39

Under.

Question 40

What does Marxist/Socialist feminism argue?

Answer 40

Oppression comes from the intersection of capitalism and patriarchy.

Question 41

What does Radical feminism focus on?

Answer 41

Eliminating patriarchy at its root.

Question 42

What does Difference (Essentialist) feminism argue?

Answer 42

Men and women have innate differences that should be valued equally.

Question 43

What is Eco-feminism?

Answer 43

Links women’s oppression with environmental exploitation.

Question 44

What is Postcolonial feminism?

Answer 44

Examines women’s experiences in formerly colonized nations.

Question 45

What is Transnational feminism?

Answer 45

Focuses on globalization and capitalism across borders.

Question 46

What is Queer Theory concerned with?

Answer 46

Challenging the gender binary and exploring fluid identities.

Question 47

What are the four perspectives on sex and gender mentioned in the slides?

Answer 47

Religion, Biology, Psychology, Sociology.

Question 48

What does the term patriarchy describe in sociology?

Answer 48

Gender as a system of power and inequality.

Question 49

What distinguishes Third Wave feminism from earlier waves?

Answer 49

Focus on intersectionality, identity, sexuality, and diversity.

Question 50

What is intersectionality?

Answer 50

The idea that systems of oppression (race, gender, class, etc.) overlap and shape lived experiences.