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Part V: Representing Sexualities
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. In the article, the author says that over the past 25 years, the pornographers and their
allies have won, and radical feminism has lost. What does he mean by this statement?
A. Radical feminism lost its base due to cultural differences, and pornography has
grown more diverse, creating a larger base of regular users than ever before.
B. There is more pornography, more easily available, and much of it more openly cruel
and degrading to women and more overtly racist than ever.
C. Pornography has effectively destroyed the current generation’s idea of a healthy sex
life.
D. Pornography has become so intertwined with pop culture and ideas of society that
radical feminism has no leverage to gain an audience.
2. “Radical” is often used to dismiss people or ideas as “crazy” or “extreme,” but here it
describes ______.
A. an analysis that seeks to understand, address, and eventually eliminate the root
causes of inequality
B. a method of thinking that seeks to eliminate inequity in society entirely
C. a series of ideas and concepts that works to build a basis for overpowering the
patriarchal society
D. a power movement that seeks to put women in the dominant social and cultural
position but to ultimately have equal rights
3. As the author states, it is not anti-sex to critique a pornographic culture that accepts
______ designed to produce sexual stimulation, which are easily accessible not only to
adults but to children at the beginning stages of their sexual development.
A. White supremacy and White nationalism
B. polygamy or multiple partners
C. heteronormativity and homophobia
D. misogynistic and racist images
4. Rather than looking at how corporate-owned media affects the way in which girls and
women construct gender and sexual identities that produce and reproduce hegemonic
gender relations, the author says that scholars are now arguing ______.
A. that we needed to take a more critical approach to media targeted to women
B. that we needed to take a more positive approach to media targeted to women
C. that men needed to take a more positive approach to media targeted to young
children
D. that we needed to take a more positive approach to media targeted to men
5. As the article states, the “it” they were referring to was the porn industry, and their
reasoning was that because there are so many subgenres of porn circulating on the
Internet, there couldn’t possibly be ______.
A. a limit on access
B. a cohesive industry
C. an open market
D. a monopoly on the industry
6. According to the author, rather than espousing views that synchronize well with the
industry perspective, feminists need to develop ______.
A. a militaristic approach
B. a peaceful protest against opposing ideologies
C. a research and activist agenda
D. a plan to stand-in at political rallies
7. Pornography is everyday not just in the sense that coded versions of it populate
mainstream images but also because ______.
A. it is never more than an Internet search away
B. it influences how we perceive other people’s bodies
C. it is a visible influence of our daily moral choices
D. its precepts underlie mainstream ideas and practices
8. Negative representation feeds the sense of omnipotence of the dominators and says
that this world of violence and inequality is ______.
A. better than any other possible worlds
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B. the only world possible
C. only one of many worlds possible
D. not a reality and can be easily changed
9. Dating violence is gendered, with females suffering ______ of victimization and injury
than males.
A. the same rates
B. higher rates
C. lower rates
D. similar rates
10. Because violence has been recognized as being an acceptable expression of love
in adolescent relationships, it is necessary to examine ______.
A. the subliminal messages that teenagers are receiving through the text messages
B. the emotional messages that adolescents are receiving through entertainment
C. the social messages that teenagers are receiving through the media
D. the familial messages that children are receiving through communication
11. Viewed through the lens of dating violence, the Twilight series offers many troubling
examples of controlling behaviors and violence. The majority of controlling and violent
behaviors are exhibited by ______.
A. older characters
B. male characters
C. female characters
D. human characters
12. In contemporary Western societies, ______ is conceptualized as practices and
embodiment that justify and institutionalize the central position of patriarchal men and
the suppression, discrimination, or symbolic exclusion of women or of men who embody
and/or express alternative masculinities.
A. heteronormativity
B. emasculation
C. feminism
D. hegemonic masculinity
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Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Article 40
13. Both Frank Ocean and The Weeknd can be understood as being part of a music
culture that reflects the social complexities of ______.
A. musicians in an increasingly independent world
B. free expression under the first amendment
C. heteronormative men in an increasingly open society
D. masculinities in current Western public spheres
14. As the author mentions, few songs explicitly emasculate the hegemonic masculine
man. To do so, The Weeknd connects the emasculation to ______.
A. a drug-infused lifestyle
B. an alcoholic existence
C. a sobering experience
D. a complex and psychedelic dream
15. At the heart of the politics of gay representation are two intersecting considerations:
the meanings/functions of visibility and ______.
A. the role of our sexuality in the expression of our identities
B. the role of gender performance in our understanding of sexuality
C. the role of sexuality in our education and upbringing
D. the role of gender in our everyday life
16. As the author states, “degrees of transgression” is a metaphor for ______.
A. discussing the political potential of rethinking “normalization” of gay visibility as
“conventionalization”
B. seeing how far off the average path a political figure has veered
C. examining the social potential of redefining “homogeneity” of race visibility as
“equality”
D. exploring the cultural potential of restarting straight ideology and seeing it as a new
starting place for equity
17. Barbie gives girls endless opportunities to customize her, brush and style her hair,
and position her in settings like aerobics class, a school dance, or the shopping mall.
Then by doing these things, the author says that Barbie ______.
A. imposes false ideas on children of all ages
B. epitomizes, even exaggerates, these families’ mandates
C. is a good learning tool for young children
D. reinforces good family role models and ideals
18. As an icon of drag, Barbie illustrates what feminists and culture critics have been
saying for some years. In no uncertain terms, Barbie demonstrates that femininity is
a(n) ______.
A. organic and fundamental concept
B. overly idealistic view
C. concept that few toy makers adopt
D. manufactured reality
19. Such lines of work are those that attract disproportionate numbers of lesbigay
people and are widely considered inappropriate for people of ______. The ballet and
hairdressing for men and the military and automechanics for women are examples.
A. a certain background
B. a given gender
C. a specific sexuality
D. none of these
20. The simple ______ between oppressed and empowered women structuring most
media representations of Western and Muslim femininities upholds broader political
divisions.
A. comparison
B. dichotomy
C. conflict
D. collation
21. As described in the article, ______ offer(s) a fantasy of wholeness and universality.
A. films and television
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B. traditional music
C. reading
D. belly dancing
True/False
1. While their argument seems to be that their increased visibility will lead to greater
acceptance of homosexuals, they fail to acknowledge that the root of homophobia
remains homosexuality.
2. As the article states, male supremacists would have us believe that all cultures have
been and are now patriarchal. But patriarchy is relatively new in human culture.
3. The Middle Eastern women’s burqas mask their likeness to the Western women, and
it is only after they expose themselves that they can be seen as properly modern.
Essay
1. Explain and describe a context in which the concept of docility influenced your own
gender performance.
2. Briefly explain the method of content analysis.
3. What is heteronormativity and how is it represented in cultural artifacts like music?
