Final Exam

Question 1

Male generic terms assume “maleness” as the default human status and exclude who?

Answer 1

Exclude women and 2SLGBTQIA+ folks

Question 1

True or False: Women and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities have reclaimed offensive terms

Answer 1

True.

Question 2

True or False: Language and the way we communicate has changed/evolved.

Answer 2

True.
Language and the way we communicate has changed/evolved (and will continue to change/evolve)

Question 3

What important change needs to happen as we move toward a more gender-equal society?

Answer 3

Language must change to reflect a gender-equal society.

Question 4

What does the acronym TGNC stand for?

Answer 4

Transgender and gender nonconforming

Question 5

Name the 6 Transgender identities identified in class

Answer 5

Transgender men (FTM)
Transgender women (MTF)
Non-binary
Genderqueer
Genderfluid
Gender nonconforming

Question 6

When did Women’s Studies classes start to be taught?

Answer 6

1970-1980s

Question 7

In the 1990s-2000s, Women’s Studies was started to be called Gender Studies. Why?

Answer 7

To make it more inclusive

Question 8

Gender Identity: is it Nature or Nurture?

Answer 8

We don’t really know.
Likely, both biological and social/environmental forces work together to influence gender identity.

Question 9

What is Gender expression?

Answer 9

The external appearance of one’s gender identity.
Including: Clothing, jewelry, hair length, style, activities, interests,
and mannerisms.

Question 10

What are Gender roles?

Answer 10

A set of social expectations about how one should appear and behave within a specific culture based on one’s sex and gender

Question 11

What is the updated definition of sex?

Answer 11

The different biological and physiological characteristics of females, males, and intersex persons, such as chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs

Question 12

What is the traditional definition of sex?

Answer 12

Either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male, especially on the basis of their reproductive organs and structures

Question 13

What term was adopted at a conference (in Winnipeg!) in 1990 by Elder Myra Laramee?

Answer 13

Two-Spirit

Question 14

What are the term benefits to Two-Spirit?

Answer 14

+ Enables some to reclaim traditional roles within Indigenous communities
+ Finds meaning in sexual or gender difference within Indigenous cultural frameworks,
rather than settler categories
+ Makes Indigeneity visible amongst gender and sexual minority settler communities
+ Can help combat prejudices introduced by colonization

Question 15

What are the term challenges to Two-Spirit?

Answer 15

+ For Diné communities, the term can be interpreted as a person with both a dead spirit and a living spirit within them
+ Term homogenizes distinct genders across nations, and may overwrite these terms (undermining the survival of Indigenous languages)
+ Term is often used amongst urban Indigenous people, and is less accessible for those in rural communities

Question 15

A person who is emotionally, romantically, or sexually attracted to people who are of a different sex/gender than their own

Answer 15

Heterosexual (or Straight)

Question 16

A person who is emotionally, romantically or sexually
attracted to members of the same sex/gender

Answer 16

Homosexual (gay or lesbian)

Question 17

A person who is emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to more than one sex/gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way, or to the same degree

Answer 17

Bisexual

Question 18

A person who has the potential for emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any sex/gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way, or to the same degree

Answer 18

Pansexual

Question 19

A person who experiences a complete or partial lack of sexual attraction or lack of interest in sexual activity with others (note: asexuality exists on a spectrum)

Answer 19

Asexual

Question 20

An umbrella term used to describe diverse sexualities and gender
identities

Answer 20

2SLGBTQIA+
(2 Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual)
The + is added to be inclusive of those who identify as part of other
communities or who use other terminology

Question 21

The largest single group in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Answer 21

Bisexual people

Question 22

The process of rendering bi-identified people and their
experiences invisible within discussions of 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, experiences, and issues

Answer 22

Bi-invisibility/bisexual erasure

Question 23

The social construction of gender is based on the idea of ______________________

Answer 23

Social construction

Question 24

Gender as a __________:
+ Gender creates social differences that define being a woman or a man
+ Through social interaction, people learn what is expected of each gender – how to act, behave, dress, parent, work etc. in accordance with that gender

Answer 24

Process

Question 25

Gender as a __________:
+ Gender ranks those in the category of “men” above those in the category of “women”
+ In a gender stratified society, what men do is valued more highly than what women do

Answer 25

Stratification

Question 26

Gender as a __________:
+ Gender divides work in the home and economic system, legitimates those in authority, organizes sexuality and emotional life

Answer 26

Structure