Worksheet 2

Question 1

THE _________ IS A GLOBAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN ADVOCATING FOR THE EQUALITY OF THE SEXES,
ENCOMPASSING VARIOUS IDEOLOGIES AND GOALS.

Answer 1

FEMINIST MOVEMENT

Question 2

IS A COLLECTION OF SOCIAL THEORIES AND
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS THAT EXAMINE THE SOCIAL ROLES,
EXPERIENCES, AND INTERESTS OF WOMEN, OFTEN WITH THE
GOAL OF UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING GENDER
INEQUALITY.

Answer 2

FEMINIST THEORY

Question 3

First-wave feminism, primarily focused on women’s ________, is
largely defined by the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.

Answer 3

suffrage

Question 4

FIRST WAVE FEMINISM Organized by ,

Answer 4

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

Question 5

the
convention produced the
______________
which
advocated for women’
s equality, including the right to vote,
education, and property.

Answer 5

“Declaration of Sentiments,
“

Question 6

The movement that primarily took place from the 1960s
to the 1980s, focusing on issues like reproductive rights,
domestic violence, workplace equality, and challenging
traditional gender roles.

Answer 6

SECOND WAVE FEMINISM (1960-1980)

Question 7

Second-wave feminism led to significant legal and
social changes, including the passage of the ________ and _________, and the legalization of
abortion through __________.

Answer 7

Equal Pay
Act (1963)
Title IX (1972)
Roe v. Wade (1973)

Question 8

Third-wave feminism, emerging in the early 1990s, built upon
and expanded the work of the second wave. It emphasized
intersectionality, bodily autonomy, and the celebration of
diverse identities and experiences within feminism.

Answer 8

THIRD WAVE FEMINISM (1990-2008)

Question 9

, emerging around 2012, is
characterized by its focus on online activism,
intersectionality, and the empowerment of women,
particularly through social media.

Answer 9

FOURTH WAVE FEMINISM (2008-PRESENT)

Question 10

_________ is a
framework in feminist social theory that argues that
knowledge is shaped by an individual’s social position and
experiences.

Answer 10

Standpoint theory, or standpoint epistemology

Question 11

is a framework for
understanding how various aspects of a person’s social and
political identities combine to create unique experiences of
discrimination or privilege.

Answer 11

Intersectional theory, or intersectionality,

Question 12

It emphasizes that these aspects,
such as ______________, do not
operate independently but rather intersect and interact to
shape an individual’s social standing and lived experiences.

Answer 12

race, gender, class, and sexual orientation

Question 13

Viewing the family as the most integral component of society,
assumptions about gender roles within marriage assume a prominent
place in this perspective.

Answer 13

STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM

Question 14

views the gender pay gap as stemming from a
historical and functional division of labor within society, where
traditional gender roles are seen as contributing to social stability.

Answer 14

STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM

Question 15

Gender roles are seen as functional: men are ______ or
_________, women are ________ or _______

Answer 15

“breadwinners”
“providers”
“caretakers”
“domestic responsibilities”

Question 16

According to _________, society is a struggle for dominance among social
groups (like women versus men) that compete for scarce resources.

Answer 16

conflict theory

Question 17

_________ suggested that the same owner-worker relationship seen in the
labor force is also seen in the household, with women assuming the role of the
proletariat.

Answer 17

Friedrich Engels

Question 18

_____________ suggest that when women became wage earners,
they can gain power in the family structure and create more democratic
arrangements in the home, although they may still carry the majority of the
domestic burden, as noted earlier

Answer 18

Contemporary conflict theorists

Question 19

TWO KEY DIMENSIONS TO DEBATE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Answer 19

Ideological
Economic

Question 20

The _______ dimension centers
on differing worldviews, with
dominant groups (often
heterosexuals) advocating for
traditional marriage and a
politicized religiosity,

Answer 20

ideological

Question 21

The ______ dimension
focuses on the benefits and
entitlements associated
with marriage, such as
social security and medical
insurance, which are often
denied to same-sex couples.

Answer 21

economic

Question 22

It aims to understand human behavior by analyzing the
critical role of symbols in human interaction.

Answer 22

Symbolic interactionism

Question 23

The pay gap can be explained through gendered
expectations in the workplace: women may be viewed
as less competent and men are associated with
leadership and authority.

Answer 23

Symbolic interactionism

Question 24

Gender roles and workplace behavior are socially
constructed and reinforced through interaction.

Answer 24

Symbolic interactionism

Question 25

Approach to sexuality studies that identifies splitting of gender into male and female roles and questions the manner in which we have been taught to think about sexual orientation.

Answer 25

Queer Theory

Question 26

By calling their discipline ________ scholars reject the effects of labelling instead, they embraced the word __________ and reclaimed it for their own purposes.

Answer 26

"queer,"

Question 27

Queer theorist _______ argued that sexuality shouldn’t be defined only by the gender of one’s desired partner.

Answer 27

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Question 28

Queer Theory also says:

Answer 28

There’s no single “right” way to be a man, woman, gay, or straight.

Question 29

study how gender contributes to inequality and how change can occur either at the interactional or institutional level.

Answer 29

Gender theorists

Question 30

_______ sees gender as a frame and background identity shaped by group power, which enforces norms through interaction.

Answer 30

Ridgeway

Question 31

_______ shifts focus to individual agency, proposing that people can undo gender by rejecting binary norms in daily interactions.

Answer 31

Deutsch

Question 32

, studying transgender individuals in workplaces, explores how people "do," "undo," and "redo" gender but finds that true undoing is rooted in individual agency, while institutions often maintain control.

Answer 32

Connell

Question 33

________ are built on binary oppositions and a sexual division of labor, assigning roles based on anatomy and favoring masculine traits.

Answer 33

Gender norms

Question 34

________ are built on binary oppositions and a sexual division of labor, assigning roles based on anatomy and favoring masculine traits.

Answer 34

Gender norms

Question 35

argues gender roles are learned through lifelong socialization. As Hackman notes, they’re taught and reinforced from birth.

Answer 35

Social cognitive theory

Question 36

Views gender as a social construct, not strictly tied to biological sex. It recognizes diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, aligning with many feminist and LGBT theories.

Answer 36

Gender Theory