WGS 240 Quiz 5

Most feminist scholars see the family as a refuge from society, because it shields women from structural oppression.

False

One of the effects of androcentrism in health care is that the U.S. health care system is set up to maintain the privileges of white people and provide differential access for people of color.

False

The U.S. is one of 169 countries around the world that guarantees paid maternity leave.

False

The most common contemporary U.S. family structure is a middle-class, white, heterosexual couple with children.

False

According to Alison Pipmeier, which one of the following is NOT a demand of reproductive justice?

Frame the central issue as an individual choice that cannot be influenced by any other party but the pregnant person

The term misogynoir was coined by Moya Bailey to describe the intersection of racism, misogyny, and anti-Blackness.

True

Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice") argues that a transnational approach to reproductive justice will allow scholars and activists to

Envision strategies to support multiply marginalized women of color across the world

Aisha Wagner celebrates the intensive education she received in medical school that explained and validated the Black community's distrust of the medical practitioners.

False

Alison Pipmeier would agree that saying abortions should be permitted in the cases of rape, incest, and disability is a good strategy for the pro-choice movement.

False

Match the piece of legislation or court case to the correct year and regulation.

Loving v. Virgina 1967, prohibited the restriction of marriage by race Griswold v. Connecticut 1965, prohibited the restriction of contraceptives for married couples Comstock Act 1873, prohibited the distribution of contraceptives and information about abortion via the mail Hyde Amendment 1977, states can prohibit the use of Medicaid funds for abortion

Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") discusses the ways that people of color have been discriminated against in the healthcare system. Which of the following is NOT related to a discriminatory practice?

None, they all relate to discriminatory practices

Which of the following are instances of "chipping away" at legal access to abortion since Roe v. Wade? (Select all that apply.)

Parental involvement/notification laws Giving a zygote, embryo, or fetus the same legal rights as a person Mandatory counseling and waiting periods

Which of the following describe eugenic beliefs? Select all that apply.

Population control should be achieved through encouraging certain people to reproduce and discouraging or preventing other people from doing so. Certain people deserve to be parents more than others. Intelligence is genetic and thus inherited through one's biological lineage.

With which of the following statements would micha cárdenas most likely agree?

Queer and trans people with biological ties to their children have more solid legal rights than those whose children are not biologically related to them.

Which statement most strongly describes a connection between micha cárdenas's "Pregnancy: Reproductive Futures in Trans of Color Feminism" and Julia Serano's "Skirt Chasers: Why the Media Depicts the Trans Revolution in Lipstick and Heels" from Week 7?

The exclusion of trans women from existing literature on reproductive justice demonstrates the wide extent of transmisogyny beyond media.

The term "the feminization of poverty" means which of the following?

The process by which the population of those living in poverty is increasingly comprised of women

According to Emma Goldman, marriage is primarily an economic arrangement that encourages women's subservience to men.

True

In "Marriage and Love," Emma Goldman says that marriage and love are polar opposites.

True

In her article, Leila Schochet says that immigrants experience similar levels of heightened anxiety regardless of whether they are in the U.S. legally.

True

In the first half of the 20th century in the United States, sterilization was was used in which of the following ways? Select all that apply.

Voluntarily, as a means of contraception Forcibly, as a way to prevent 'socially undesirable' people from reproducing As a way to punish and control women who were sexual out of wedlock