Chapter 12 Flashcards
Ecofeminism contends that
the subjugation of women and the subjugation of nature are connected.
What role does organized labor play for women workers today?
While labor unions have declined in recent years, women’s representation in organized labor has risen.
What is one theory of why feminism underwent a reneweal in the 1990s?
The conservative political climate inspired young women to fight for their rights.
What was one effective tool used by the anti-abortionists to cut down the number of abortions in the United States?
Demonstrations and violence against abortion clinics and medical providers
What was the single way in which President George W. Bush’s policies allied themselves with a feminist ideology?
His appointments of women to high-ranking positions within his administration
What two groups came together in a new movement during the late 1970s and early 1980s to contest the gains of feminism and oppose the ERA?
The Republican Party and conservative Christians
Whose rights did the anti-abortion activists build their campaign around?
The unborn child or fetus
What was President Obama’s record on support of women in government?
He appointed a significant number of women to high-level positions, including his cabinet and the Supreme Court.
In the 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
no state could deny a same-sex couple the right to marry.
The number of women entering the workforce in the last third of the twentieth century rose in the context of the
increasing disparity between rich and poor.
What was Sarah Palin’s appeal to voters as John McCain’s running mate?
Her “soccer mom” image and support for so-called traditional family values
What movement was Phyllis Schlafly instrumental in launching?
New Right antifeminism
Beyond union organizing and participation, twenty-first-century working women have also
been part of numerous class action suits to demonstrate a pattern of job segregation.
How did Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas on national television in 1991 affect American society?
Many more women reported sexual harassment on the job.
Who was the first woman to seriously challenge the political glass ceiling in her attempt to win her party’s presidential nomination?
Hillary Clinton
Since its ruling in Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has
ruled in favor of state laws limiting access to abortion but has not overturned Roe v. Wade.
One major change to American families in the late twentieth century was a(n)
increasing acceptability of lesbianism and gay families.
What significant changes took place to childbearing and childrearing in the late twentieth century?
Middle-class women increased the number of children they were having.
What is one explanation for the steep decline in the marriage rate in the late twentieth century?
The increasing ability of women to support themselves economically
How did the new immigrants of the late twentieth century differ from those in the late nineteenth century?
Half of them came from Latin America.
When considering single motherhood, second-wave feminism failed most significantly in the movement
for publicly funded child care.
Which of the following is an accurate explanation for the continued disparity between men’s and women’s incomes?
The vast majority of women continue to work in female-dominated occupations.
How did anti-immigration sentiment affect immigrant women and children?
It triggered a federal law that denied legal immigrants access to federal welfare programs for five years.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act changed single mothers’ lives by
limiting to five years the time that poor women could receive welfare.
