Assignment

Question 1. This is the name of the female goddess to which young girls are dedicated and then forced into prostitution in India
Vishnu
Krishna
Lakshmi
Yellamma

Question 2. According to Held, the following have been aligned with femininity in the history of Western thought
emotion
weakness
passion
all of the above

Question 3. According to psychiatric studies, which of the following has been discovered about the relationship between criminal violence and childhood abuse?
Criminal violence follows childhood abuse equally in males and females
Women are more likely to commit criminal violence if the childhood abuse was at a younger age
When criminal violence follows childhood abuse it is almost always in males
No correlation has been found at all between criminal violence and childhood abuse

Question 4. This is the name for prostitutes in India who have been dedicated to a female goddess
Hindus
Hiermala
Devadasi
Sangli

Question 5. What, according to Noddings, do male philosophers tend to say about death (as opposed to women)?
Men are more brave in the face of death than women because of their natural courageousness
Death tends to be harder on men due to their attachments to the glory of this world
Women are more able to allow their faith in the afterlife overcome their aversion to death
Male philosophers often talk as though the world or reason and abstraction is superior to the physical world of the body

Question 6. In Held's article, a thinker named Annette Baier claims that the history of Western ethical thought does not take into account feminine aspects because
The great moral theorists were men who had little intimate interaction with women.
The great moral theorists were often loving husbands.
The great moral theorists hated women.
The great moral theorists

Question 7. What does Nel Noddings say about rates of violent crime among men and women?
Men are naturally much more violence prone than women
Women commit nearly as much crime as men do; gender differences here are illusory
Men can be socialized not to commit crime, as seen in many eastern societies
There has been no clearly demonstrated relation between gender and crime rates

Question 8. Held uses this example to talk about the political distinctions that separate men and women in the realms of the public and the private
a business man going out for cocktails
a mother nursing her child
a city planner developing a building
a mother homeschooling her children

Question 9. Which of the following are question in the Bechdel test
Is there more than one female character?
Do they speak to each other?
When they speak to each other, do they talk about something other than a man?
all of the above

Question 10. Which answer best describes Noddings's statements about how mothers frequently to feel about losing their children in war?
Mothers rest assured that the deaths of their children was fully justified by the good they did in the war
Mothers often allow their desire to demonstrate patriotism to override their natural opposition to war and the death of their children
Mothers universally oppose war and the death of children that it inevitably brings
Mothers are generally more enthusiastic for war than anyone else because they know it will make the world safer for future generations

Question 11. In the video "Sexism in the News Media 2012" some newscasters blame military women for this
being killed in combat
being raped
not being able to have children
being war heroes

Question 12. Gilligan claims that females tend to see relationships as these
hierarchies
webs
rules
duties

Question 13. This is one way that men can contribute to the destruction of sexual objectification of women
they can be kind to women
they can tell women that they are attractive
they can stop seeking attention
they can stop evaluating women based on their looks

Question 14. What does Noddings have to say about essentialism about gender?
It is the clearly false view that men and women have essences
It is problematic because it has been associated with creation and because it has always favored males over females
It wrongly assumes that God could not have made us in ways that were contrary to our ‘essential nature'
Culture is irrelevant; all of our behaviors are innate

Question 15. How have historians tended to treat typically male tendencies versus typically female tendencies?
Historians value female tendencies more highly because it is childbearing and childrearing that enable the group to survive
Female traditions have been emphasized because they reflect keep aesthetic refinement and sophistication
Male tendencies, like mathematics, warfare, and even singing have been prized more highly
No correlation has been found at all between criminal violence and childhood abuse

Question 16. According to Held, feminist theories of self
pit humans against one another in competition
relate the individual to universal humankind
examine what it means to be a woman in a horrific male-dominated world
see the self as related to specific humans in relationship

Question 17. According to Colin Stokes, in this film all the heroic, wise, and villainous characters are female
The Little Mermaid
Star Wars
The Wizard of Oz
Les Miserables

Question 18. In Gilligan's example, the child named Amy focuses on this aspect of the Heinz dilemma
the logical nature of the problem
a utilitarian calculus that weighs the options
Kohlberg's theory of moral development
the relationships involved in the dilemma

Question 19. According to Caroline Heldman, which of the following is a question that applies to her sexual object test?
Does the image show people having sex?
Does the image show a person as something that can be bought or sold?
Does the image display a full image of a woman?
Does the image display violence against people in the image?

Question 20. This is the name of being aware of one's appearance in relation to position, light, who is watching, etc.
habitual body monitoring
self-awareness
anorexia
depression