Question 1

According to past research,why have women engaged in token resistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  They said no,and meant no,but then were pressured into saying yes. 
B)  They said no because they were ambivalent about whether to say yes,and then they said yes. 
C)  They said no but then changed their minds and said yes. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  They said no,and meant no,but then were pressured into saying yes. 
B)  They said no because they were ambivalent about whether to say yes,and then they said yes. 
C)  They said no but then changed their minds and said yes. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

Question 2

Which of the following groups of women has NOT been shown to be at elevated risk for sexual assault?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native American women 
B)  women who have been widowed 
C)  women in the armed forces 
D)  women pursuing degrees in higher education 
A)  Native American women 
B)  women who have been widowed 
C)  women in the armed forces 
D)  women pursuing degrees in higher education

Question 3

Another name for intimate terrorism is

Accepted Answer

A)  common couple violence. 
B)  coercive controlling violence. 
C)  conflict carryover. 
D)  violent resistance. 
A)  common couple violence. 
B)  coercive controlling violence. 
C)  conflict carryover. 
D)  violent resistance.

Question 4

A primary benefit of a restorative justice approach to healing after intimate partner violence is to

Accepted Answer

A)  provide an alternative to incarceration for perpetrators. 
B)  help couples with children co-parent effectively. 
C)  reduce the financial burdens associated with supporting multiple households. 
D)  completely eliminate all risk for future violence. 
A)  provide an alternative to incarceration for perpetrators. 
B)  help couples with children co-parent effectively. 
C)  reduce the financial burdens associated with supporting multiple households. 
D)  completely eliminate all risk for future violence.

Question 5

Which of the following ideas challenges the utility of the concept of resiliency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Resiliency places potentially unfair expectations onto individual survivors to recover. 
B)  A focus on resiliency shifts focus away from structural problems that allow abuse to occur in the first place. 
C)  It is possible to argue that,because individuals show resiliency following abuse,the abuse was not that serious or harmful. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  Resiliency places potentially unfair expectations onto individual survivors to recover. 
B)  A focus on resiliency shifts focus away from structural problems that allow abuse to occur in the first place. 
C)  It is possible to argue that,because individuals show resiliency following abuse,the abuse was not that serious or harmful. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

Question 6

A large national study of female rape survivors suggested that most people who perpetrate rape do so against

Accepted Answer

A)  strangers. 
B)  family members. 
C)  intimate partners. 
D)  coworkers. 
A)  strangers. 
B)  family members. 
C)  intimate partners. 
D)  coworkers.

Question 7

Why does the text suggest that violence may be addressed via candid conversations with men about masculinity?

Accepted Answer

A)  People with more traditional attitudes about gender are at greater risk for perpetrating violence. 
B)  Male gender socialization promotes attitudes and values that foster the acceptance of violence. 
C)  Male gender socialization pressures boys and men to engage in violence. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  People with more traditional attitudes about gender are at greater risk for perpetrating violence. 
B)  Male gender socialization promotes attitudes and values that foster the acceptance of violence. 
C)  Male gender socialization pressures boys and men to engage in violence. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

Question 8

There are ______________ main types of intimate partner violence

Accepted Answer

A)  two 
B)  three 
C)  four 
D)  six 
A)  two 
B)  three 
C)  four 
D)  six

Question 9

Which of the following couples is most at risk for intimate partner violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Issa and Ty are in their early 20s,they are both employed part time,and they have three children. 
B)  Tom and Iris are in their early 30s;Iris is a homemaker raising their daughter while Tom works as a defense attorney. 
C)  Ilsa is a bank teller in her early 30s and Ted is a hospital administrator in his early 40s;they are childfree. 
D)  Tris and Isolde are in a second marriage after meeting in a widow/widower support group;each has two adult children from their first marriages. 
A)  Issa and Ty are in their early 20s,they are both employed part time,and they have three children. 
B)  Tom and Iris are in their early 30s;Iris is a homemaker raising their daughter while Tom works as a defense attorney. 
C)  Ilsa is a bank teller in her early 30s and Ted is a hospital administrator in his early 40s;they are childfree. 
D)  Tris and Isolde are in a second marriage after meeting in a widow/widower support group;each has two adult children from their first marriages.

Question 10

Some politicians in the United States have responded to school shooting episodes by suggesting that public school teachers be armed.Explain how this response could be justified by militarism,and how this response might be countered by feminists and peace scholars.

Accepted Answer

Militarism can be defined as the priorit

Question 11

What differentiates sexual assault against Native American women from other types of sexual assaults?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native American women tend to be assaulted by non-Native American men,yet for other racial groups,assailants are typically from the same race. 
B)  Native American women rarely identify their assaults as rapes,unlike women from other racial groups. 
C)  Native American women tend to be assaulted because they are seen as "two spirits" who lack a specific gender. 
D)  Unlike other women of color,Native American women tend to be devalued by law enforcement and thus are especially unlikely to be believed by law enforcement officers. 
A)  Native American women tend to be assaulted by non-Native American men,yet for other racial groups,assailants are typically from the same race. 
B)  Native American women rarely identify their assaults as rapes,unlike women from other racial groups. 
C)  Native American women tend to be assaulted because they are seen as "two spirits" who lack a specific gender. 
D)  Unlike other women of color,Native American women tend to be devalued by law enforcement and thus are especially unlikely to be believed by law enforcement officers.

Question 12

Which of the following behaviors is an example of coercive power?

Accepted Answer

A)  Donald sends Trudy threatening text messages to keep her in line. 
B)  Eric keeps track of Erica's location by tracking her phone GPS. 
C)  Bryan reviews Kim's Internet browsing history to check whether she's visiting online dating sites. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  Donald sends Trudy threatening text messages to keep her in line. 
B)  Eric keeps track of Erica's location by tracking her phone GPS. 
C)  Bryan reviews Kim's Internet browsing history to check whether she's visiting online dating sites. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women may minimize rape or blame victims to feel less personally threatened by rape. 
B)  Rape myths are unrelated to beliefs about systemic oppression of women,people of color,and other social groups. 
C)  Media reports about rape rarely include references to victim blaming or other rape myths. 
D)  Media depictions of rape in love stories clearly portray rape as incompatible with romance. 
A)  Women may minimize rape or blame victims to feel less personally threatened by rape. 
B)  Rape myths are unrelated to beliefs about systemic oppression of women,people of color,and other social groups. 
C)  Media reports about rape rarely include references to victim blaming or other rape myths. 
D)  Media depictions of rape in love stories clearly portray rape as incompatible with romance.

Question 14

One's capacity to adapt to stress with optimism and hope is BEST known as

Accepted Answer

A)  coping. 
B)  responsibility. 
C)  resiliency. 
D)  growth. 
A)  coping. 
B)  responsibility. 
C)  resiliency. 
D)  growth.

Question 15

Learned hopefulness refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  a passive response to violence involving a sense that nothing one does will change the behavior 
B)  an active response to violence during which one defends oneself by any means necessary 
C)  the belief that a violent partner can change and the violence will end 
D)  the stage of the cycle during which tension builds before violence erupts 
A)  a passive response to violence involving a sense that nothing one does will change the behavior 
B)  an active response to violence during which one defends oneself by any means necessary 
C)  the belief that a violent partner can change and the violence will end 
D)  the stage of the cycle during which tension builds before violence erupts

Question 16

In the United States,girls are more often ___________________ compared to boys.

Accepted Answer

A)  sexually abused by someone outside the family 
B)  eager to consent to arranged marriages 
C)  forced to marry despite being minors 
D)  receptive to abusers' expressions of remorse and regret 
A)  sexually abused by someone outside the family 
B)  eager to consent to arranged marriages 
C)  forced to marry despite being minors 
D)  receptive to abusers' expressions of remorse and regret

Question 17

Define rape myths,and identify at least two specific false but common beliefs about rape that are either stated or implied within excerpted statements from a New York Times article published on March 8,2011:
Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town: "The assault started after a 19-year-old boy invited the victim (an 11-year-old girl)to ride around in his car.He took her to a house on Travis Street where one of the other men charged,also 19,lived.There the girl was ordered to disrobe and was sexually assaulted by several boys in the bedroom and bathroom.She was told she would be beaten if she did not comply,the affidavit said.Residents in the neighborhood said the victim had been visiting various friends there for months.They said she dressed older than her age,wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s.She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground,some said.The arrests have left many wondering who will be taken into custody next."

Accepted Answer

Rape myths are false beliefs about how a

Question 18

What is the White Ribbon Campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)  A movement wherein women educate other women about media biases in the depiction of rape and other forms of violence against women. 
B)  A movement wherein microloans are offered to allow poor women to own land,increasing women's status and decreasing their risk for interpersonal violence. 
C)  A global movement of boys and men who work to end violence against girls and women,in part by building healthy relationships. 
D)  An educational program that promotes healthy self-defense tactics for girls and women to avoid rape. 
A)  A movement wherein women educate other women about media biases in the depiction of rape and other forms of violence against women. 
B)  A movement wherein microloans are offered to allow poor women to own land,increasing women's status and decreasing their risk for interpersonal violence. 
C)  A global movement of boys and men who work to end violence against girls and women,in part by building healthy relationships. 
D)  An educational program that promotes healthy self-defense tactics for girls and women to avoid rape.

Question 19

Which of the following scenarios BEST demonstrates resiliency?

Accepted Answer

A)  After Nia was sexually abused as a child,she gained a good deal of weight in order to deflect others' sexual attention. 
B)  After being physically abused by her stepfather,Diamond learned that drinking alcohol could numb her pain and help her sleep. 
C)  After leaving her abusive husband,Raven joined a domestic violence survivor support group and sought to develop connections with other group members. 
D)  To cope with the ongoing,persistent stress of being stalked by her ex-boyfriend,Sydney attempts to meditate regularly. 
A)  After Nia was sexually abused as a child,she gained a good deal of weight in order to deflect others' sexual attention. 
B)  After being physically abused by her stepfather,Diamond learned that drinking alcohol could numb her pain and help her sleep. 
C)  After leaving her abusive husband,Raven joined a domestic violence survivor support group and sought to develop connections with other group members. 
D)  To cope with the ongoing,persistent stress of being stalked by her ex-boyfriend,Sydney attempts to meditate regularly.

Question 20

Women are at increased risk for sexual assault if they

Accepted Answer

A)  are deaf or hard of hearing. 
B)  have severe physical impairments. 
C)  have cognitive disabilities. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct. 
A)  are deaf or hard of hearing. 
B)  have severe physical impairments. 
C)  have cognitive disabilities. 
D)  All of the answer options are correct.

According to past research,why have women engaged in token resistance?

Which of the following groups of women has NOT been shown to be at elevated risk for sexual assault?

Another name for intimate terrorism is

A primary benefit of a restorative justice approach to healing after intimate partner violence is to

Which of the following ideas challenges the utility of the concept of resiliency?

A large national study of female rape survivors suggested that most people who perpetrate rape do so against

Why does the text suggest that violence may be addressed via candid conversations with men about masculinity?

There are ______________ main types of intimate partner violence

Which of the following couples is most at risk for intimate partner violence?

Some politicians in the United States have responded to school shooting episodes by suggesting that public school teachers be armed.Explain how this response could be justified by militarism,and how this response might be countered by feminists and peace scholars.

What differentiates sexual assault against Native American women from other types of sexual assaults?

Which of the following behaviors is an example of coercive power?

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

One's capacity to adapt to stress with optimism and hope is BEST known as

Learned hopefulness refers to which of the following?

In the United States,girls are more often ___________________ compared to boys.

What is the White Ribbon Campaign?

Which of the following scenarios BEST demonstrates resiliency?

Women are at increased risk for sexual assault if they

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According to past research,why have women engaged in token resistance?

Which of the following groups of women has NOT been shown to be at elevated risk for sexual assault?

Another name for intimate terrorism is

A primary benefit of a restorative justice approach to healing after intimate partner violence is to

Which of the following ideas challenges the utility of the concept of resiliency?

A large national study of female rape survivors suggested that most people who perpetrate rape do so against

Why does the text suggest that violence may be addressed via candid conversations with men about masculinity?

There are ______________ main types of intimate partner violence

Which of the following couples is most at risk for intimate partner violence?

Some politicians in the United States have responded to school shooting episodes by suggesting that public school teachers be armed.Explain how this response could be justified by militarism,and how this response might be countered by feminists and peace scholars.

What differentiates sexual assault against Native American women from other types of sexual assaults?

Which of the following behaviors is an example of coercive power?

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

One's capacity to adapt to stress with optimism and hope is BEST known as

Learned hopefulness refers to which of the following?

In the United States,girls are more often ___________________ compared to boys.

What is the White Ribbon Campaign?

Which of the following scenarios BEST demonstrates resiliency?

Women are at increased risk for sexual assault if they

A Feminist Psychology of Women

Power and Privilege

Similarities and Differences

Beyond the Sexgender Binary

Gender Socialization

Womens Bodies

Sexuality and Sexualization

Relationships

Reproduction and Mothering

Work

Older Women

Mental Health

Tensions, action, and Hope for the Future

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