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Q: Which of the following is NOT true about rape? a. Rape is motivated primarily by sexual desire. b. Rape is common on college campuses. c. A husband can rape his wife. d. Men and women can be victims of rape.

Q: Approximately what percentage of victims of campus rape do not report the crime? a. 33% b. 25% c. 10% d. 95%

Q: Bechdel Test Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: Pathologizing the human body

Q: Immersive advertising

Q: Product placement

Q: Media saturation

Q: Third person effect

Q: Contextual advertising

Q: There has been much media effort to accurately portray men's increasing involvement in home life and childcare. a. True b. False Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Q: You're watching Mad Men and notice that Don Draper frequently drinks Canadian Club whisky. This is an example of: a. complimentary copy. b. product placement. c. immersive advertising. d. editorial advertising.

Q: Research indicates that watching sexually explicit films that degrade women ____. a. was reported by a majority of convicted rapists as a regular activity prior to incarceration b. is significantly correlated to viewing habits of women in violent romantic relationships c. is related to men becoming more dominant toward women with whom they interact d. has no impact on men's views towards women

Q: Advertisements ____ than other media. a. are often more powerful b. are less pervasive c. are less effective d. contain more gendered messages

Q: In what way are girls and women more likely to use social media then men and boys? a. As a venue for self-development b. To participate in "sexting" c. To set up interactions with peers d. To play games

Q: A hair straightening treatment advertisement that appears next to a magazine article titled, "HOT: New smooth looks for summer hair!" is best described as: a. complimentary copy. b. product placement. c. misandry. d. synergy advertising.

Q: The most traditional stereotype of women in the media is: a. powerful. b. strong. c. sex object. d. ambitious.

Q: Which of the following is true about the use of social media for activism? a. It is rarely effective. b. Women are more likely than men to use social media for activism. c. In 2012, activists were able to effectively pressure the Susan G. Komen foundation to change their decision to defund Planned Parenthood. d. Social media activism is expensive and difficult to implement. Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: Why is the concept of pathologizing the human body problematic? a. It was based on speculation and opinion, not data or facts. b. It makes us think about natural bodily processes are something to correct or stop. c. It simply exists to sell us products. d. It only focuses on women.

Q: Which of the following is true about media portrayals of men and women? a. Black men are just as likely as white men to be cast in leading roles now. b. In advertising, men are portrayed as authorities on homemaking tasks. c. News coverage of women who have been targets of violence tends to focus on their strength and courage. d. Television shows today focus equally on men's and women's careers.

Q: Whether in film, cartoons, or newscasts, males outnumber females. a. True b. False

Q: Glass ceilings

Q: Equal opportunity laws

Q: Diversity training Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: Informal networks

Q: Lilly Ledbetter

Q: The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Q: Glass escalator

Q: Workplace bullying

Q: Representations of male and female heroes were essentially equal in media coverage of 9/11 attacks on the United States. a. True b. False

Q: More than girls, boys use social media to actively construct identities and get responses from others. a. True b. False

Q: Research has shown that if you are educated about and are aware of the impact, media will have little or no influence on you. a. True b. False

Q: The media encourages us to think that buying whatever is advertised will make us happier, more attractive, and more successful. a. True b. False

Q: Women are rarely presented as authorities in news programming. a. True b. False

Q: Advertising in the United States tends to present women as authority figures by using them for voice-overs in commercials. a. True b. False

Q: Affirmative action policies

Q: Brown v. Board of Education led to what efforts to redress inequities in the United States? a. Equal opportunity laws b. Affirmative action c. Quotas d. Sexual harassment laws

Q: The assumption that careers must follow linear, full-time patterns: a. is based on work-patterns of previous eras that assumed a typical employee was a male worker with a stay-at-home wife. b. leads many women to choose to forego having families. c. negatively affects both men's and women's career trajectories. d. correctly assumes that workers are most productive and successful when they remain invested in and committed to a job for a long period of time and without interruption.

Q: When LaKisha does not get a promotion she was expecting, she asks her supervisor to explain what happened. He tells her that the partners in the firm felt that the promotion would have created a lot of pressure on her and they wanted to protect her from that. The partners' evaluation of LaKisha reflects which stereotype of women? a. Victim b. Mother c. Sex object d. Child

Q: Anna and Ben are up for the same promotion at work. When it comes time to make a decision, the management committee chooses Ben for the position because they think Anna's commitment to being a good mother to her children would prevent her from wanting to take on more responsibilities at the office. Anna has just encountered what? a. Glass walls b. FMLA c. Affirmative action d. The glass ceiling

Q: Equal opportunity laws ____. a. apply to groups, not individuals, that have suffered discrimination b. deal only with the present- not historical discrimination c. are judged by results, not intent d. are the same thing as affirmative action

Q: Glass walls is a metaphor to describe ____. a. invisible barrier to women's advancement in the workplace b. a new technology that lets supervisors monitor employees c. the difference in pay that women and men receive for the same job d. sex segregation of jobs based on stereotypes of women

Q: Brendan is struggling to understand how to use the new reporting software his company has adopted. Rather than asking the IT director for help, Brendan keeps doing Google searches to try to answer his questions. Brendan is exhibiting what stereotype of men in the workplace? a. Fighter b. Sturdy oak c. Breadwinner d. Athlete

Q: Which of the following is a reason why women workers tend to lack mentor relationships? a. Fewer women and minorities hold senior positions in many organizations. b. Men are often reluctant to mentor women for fear of gossip and innuendo. c. Men often assume that women are less serious about their careers. d. All of these are correct.

Q: The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009: a. bars employers from retaliating against employees who disclose or ask about pay schedules. b. states that wage discrimination occurs whenever an employee receives discriminary pay. c. overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine. d. requires federal employers to provide maternity leave for all employees.

Q: Old boy network Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: Glass walls

Q: Maternal wall

Q: Quota ​

Q: Goal Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: The United States is the only Western country and one of only three countries in the world that have a paid family leave policy. a. True b. False Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Q: Affirmative action laws ____. a. attempt to redress past discrimination for members of historically marginalized groups b. apply only to individuals, not groups that have experienced discrimination c. judge organizations by the intent of their hiring, admission, and promotion practices rather than end results d. sometimes result in unqualified candidates being hired, admitted, or promoted

Q: Male deficit model

Q: Alternative paths model

Q: The Mommy Myth

Q: Personal relationships Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: Psychological responsibility

Q: Demand withdraw

Q: Women who are independent, ambitious, directive, competitive, and sometimes tough may be seen as iron maidens. a. True b. False

Q: Even when they hold the same titles and positions as men, women continue to be paid less. a. True b. False

Q: The assumption that serious careers are linear and full-time reflects social relations of previous eras in which most professionals were men who had stay-at-home wives to care for the home and children. a. True b. False

Q: FMLA is available to all workers, and employers are required to pay employees who take family leave. a. True b. False

Q: Emily feels that she and her partner Luke spend too much time together, and she wants more time for her individual interests and activities. Luke feels that they should spend most of their time with each other. The tension between them reflects ____. a. tension over autonomy and connection b. tension over bonding rituals c. differences between desires for doing and talking d. differences between desires for expression and instrumentality

Q: Which of the following are features of feminine (often female) friendships. a. They often contain covert intimacy. b. Doing activities together is the primary way to build closeness. c. The friends do things for each other to show that they care. d. None of these choices are correct.

Q: Kaitlin and her partner Adam have spent a lot of time fighting and avoiding each other recently. Kaitlin is upset about the situation and wants to fix the problem. Adam doesn't seem to have noticed that anything is wrong. Kaitlin takes it upon herself to start a conversation with Adam about their issues. This reflects Kaitlin and Adam's: a. tension between autonomy and connection. b. differing ways of showing affection. c. gendered responsibility for relational health. d. gendered power dynamics.

Q: Working women in heterosexual relationships typically engage in the majority of home and family care taking duties, which are frequently routine, repetitive, and constrained by deadlines. The statement that best defines this is ____. a. psychological responsibility b. wonder woman syndrome c. soccer mom d. second-shift job

Q: Which of the following is true about non-romantic friendships between men and women? a. For many women, a primary benefit of friendships with men is that they are emotionally closer than their friendships with women. b. For many men, a primary benefit of friendships with women is that they are lighter and more fun than their friendships with men. c. In friendships between women and men, men typically talk more and get more attention than they offer. d. Non-romantic friendships between women and men have the advantage of being free from sexual tension. Instructions: Identify the following:

Q: Second shift

Q: Typically, men do not value friendships as much as women. a. True b. False

Q: In heterosexual couples in which the woman earns substantially more than the man, usually the man performs the majority of household labor. a. True b. False Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Q: Why are men assumed by some approaches to personal relationships to be deficient at developing and sustaining personal relationships? a. Men have been proven empirically to be bad at relationships. b. Women have been proven empirically to be the best at relationships. c. Many studies of men's relationships use the "feminine ruler" of talk as the basis of close relationships to judge men's relationships. d. All of these choices are correct.

Q: Gender differences are apparent in the ways people manage conflict. Feminine people, in general, tend to respond to conflict by: a. defering or compromising to reduce tension. b. issuing ultimatums. c. refusing to listen or discuss an issue. d. asserting that the partner is blowing things out of proportion.

Q: Lesbian relationships tend to be ____. a. nonmonogamous b. low in disclosure and support c. egalitarian in distributing responsibilities for maintaining the relationship d. primarily based on doing things rather than talking

Q: How do masculine people, often men, who are friends tend to build closeness? a. Share activities b. Talk about their friendship c. Engage in personal disclosure d. Engage in small talk

Q: Which of the following is true about romantic relationships? a. Women tend to fall in love faster and harder than men. b. Women perceive of love in terms of taking trips to romantic places, spontaneously making love, and surprising their partners. c. In romantic relationships between women and men, attitudes toward sexual activity have undergone profound changes over the last several decades. d. Women are more likely than men to focus on relationship dynamics.

Q: Paul Wright noted that men tend to engage each other face to face, whereas women usually interact side by side. a. True b. False

Q: Both men and women report receiving more emotional support from women than from men friends. a. True b. False

Q: Online friendships are more likely to be satisfying to men when they include high levels of self-disclosure. a. True b. False

Q: Researchers claim that a masculine style of building and maintaining relationships is inadequate. a. True b. False

Q: Gay men generally engage in more emotional and intimate talk than straight men but less than women of any sexual orientation. a. True b. False

Q: Research demonstrates that people often choose friends who are similar to themselves in terms of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. a. True b. False