Question 1

Which of the following is true of third-wave feminism?

Accepted Answer

A)  It accepts binary distinctions between men and women. 
B)  It accepts "sex positive" ideologies. 
C)  It rejects transsexual identities. 
D)  It represents the uniformity of all strands of theory. 
A)  It accepts binary distinctions between men and women. 
B)  It accepts "sex positive" ideologies. 
C)  It rejects transsexual identities. 
D)  It represents the uniformity of all strands of theory. B

Question 2

Carol Gilligan argues that men and women are very similar in the way they reason about moral issues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Feminist philosophy excludes discussions of ecology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Identify a true statement about the words associated with women, their occupations, and their bodies in a male-dominated society.

Accepted Answer

A)  Words associated with women tend to have derogatory and insulting slang meanings. 
B)  Words associated with women get reified into objects beyond the human realm. 
C)  Words associated with women vanish from the conversational landscape. 
D)  Words associated with women in a positive light get transformed into male virtues. 
A)  Words associated with women tend to have derogatory and insulting slang meanings. 
B)  Words associated with women get reified into objects beyond the human realm. 
C)  Words associated with women vanish from the conversational landscape. 
D)  Words associated with women in a positive light get transformed into male virtues.

Question 5

The word "patriarchy" was coined early in the second wave to represent the set of institutions that legitimized universal male power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is true according to Julia Kristeva?

Accepted Answer

A)  The female semiotic has been devalued. 
B)  Feminine signification has been marginalized because it threatens the traditionally masculinist symbolic discourse. 
C)  Religious discourse can mediate a healing space between the symbolic and the semiotic. 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  The female semiotic has been devalued. 
B)  Feminine signification has been marginalized because it threatens the traditionally masculinist symbolic discourse. 
C)  Religious discourse can mediate a healing space between the symbolic and the semiotic. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

The third wave of feminism began in the mid-1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to Mary Wollstonecraft, which of the following virtues should be cultivated in women as well as men?

Accepted Answer

A)  docility 
B)  dependence 
C)  wisdom 
D)  sensitivity 
A)  docility 
B)  dependence 
C)  wisdom 
D)  sensitivity

Question 9

Jacques Derrida called the space between two poles "différance."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Nel Noddings, an ethics of caring is a set of principles or maxims.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Luce Irigaray, women have the capacity to define themselves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The whole focus of _____ work is to demonstrate that language doesn't exist outside the body.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sara Ruddick's 
B)  Hélène Cixous's 
C)  Nancy Chodorow's 
D)  Carol Gilligan's 
A)  Sara Ruddick's 
B)  Hélène Cixous's 
C)  Nancy Chodorow's 
D)  Carol Gilligan's

Question 13

Identify a reason why feminist epistemologists are suspicious of the concept of the "ideal knower" as dispassionate, objective, and purely rational.

Accepted Answer

A)  These qualities are of no value in the pursuit of knowledge and truth. 
B)  Too many real people are like that, and they don't know much. 
C)  Even supposedly objective scientists are influenced by their own prejudices and biases. 
D)  They aren't suspicious of this concept at all. 
A)  These qualities are of no value in the pursuit of knowledge and truth. 
B)  Too many real people are like that, and they don't know much. 
C)  Even supposedly objective scientists are influenced by their own prejudices and biases. 
D)  They aren't suspicious of this concept at all.

Question 14

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that docility, dependence, and sensitivity were the virtues of women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Helene Cixous recognizes that social structures are inherent in language, so she writes at the limits of language in a style called _____ to mitigate the damage done by "masculinist" structures in philosophical writing.

Accepted Answer

A)  binary opposition 
B)  ecriture feminine 
C)  logocentrism 
D)  geisteswissenschaften 
A)  binary opposition 
B)  ecriture feminine 
C)  logocentrism 
D)  geisteswissenschaften

Question 16

Harriet Taylor is considered a first-wave feminist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Who among the following coined the approach "maternal thinking"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nel Noddings 
B)  Carol Gilligan 
C)  Nancy Chodorow 
D)  Sara Ruddick 
A)  Nel Noddings 
B)  Carol Gilligan 
C)  Nancy Chodorow 
D)  Sara Ruddick

Question 18

Who among the following is a representative of the "First Wave" of feminist philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simone de Beauvoir 
B)  Julia Kristeva 
C)  Harriet Taylor 
D)  Nel Noddings 
A)  Simone de Beauvoir 
B)  Julia Kristeva 
C)  Harriet Taylor 
D)  Nel Noddings

Question 19

Simone de Beauvoir placed women in the role of "other" to man's "self."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Nancy Chodorow, why do boys often become isolated, separate, and misogynous?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boys are naturally this way because of the presence of greater amounts of testosterone. 
B)  They are often teased and rejected by girls at a young age. 
C)  Society requires that boys make efforts to establish themselves as "not-mother." 
D)  Mass media, advertising, and entertainment combine to produce this result. 
A)  Boys are naturally this way because of the presence of greater amounts of testosterone. 
B)  They are often teased and rejected by girls at a young age. 
C)  Society requires that boys make efforts to establish themselves as "not-mother." 
D)  Mass media, advertising, and entertainment combine to produce this result.

Which of the following is true of third-wave feminism?

Carol Gilligan argues that men and women are very similar in the way they reason about moral issues.

Feminist philosophy excludes discussions of ecology.

Identify a true statement about the words associated with women, their occupations, and their bodies in a male-dominated society.

The word "patriarchy" was coined early in the second wave to represent the set of institutions that legitimized universal male power.

Which of the following is true according to Julia Kristeva?

The third wave of feminism began in the mid-1950s.

According to Mary Wollstonecraft, which of the following virtues should be cultivated in women as well as men?

Jacques Derrida called the space between two poles "différance."

According to Nel Noddings, an ethics of caring is a set of principles or maxims.

According to Luce Irigaray, women have the capacity to define themselves.

The whole focus of _____ work is to demonstrate that language doesn't exist outside the body.

Identify a reason why feminist epistemologists are suspicious of the concept of the "ideal knower" as dispassionate, objective, and purely rational.

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that docility, dependence, and sensitivity were the virtues of women.

Helene Cixous recognizes that social structures are inherent in language, so she writes at the limits of language in a style called _____ to mitigate the damage done by "masculinist" structures in philosophical writing.

Harriet Taylor is considered a first-wave feminist.

Who among the following coined the approach "maternal thinking"?

Who among the following is a representative of the "First Wave" of feminist philosophy?

Simone de Beauvoir placed women in the role of "other" to man's "self."

According to Nancy Chodorow, why do boys often become isolated, separate, and misogynous?

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Exam 14: Feminist Philosophy

Which of the following is true of third-wave feminism?

Carol Gilligan argues that men and women are very similar in the way they reason about moral issues.

Feminist philosophy excludes discussions of ecology.

Identify a true statement about the words associated with women, their occupations, and their bodies in a male-dominated society.

The word "patriarchy" was coined early in the second wave to represent the set of institutions that legitimized universal male power.

Which of the following is true according to Julia Kristeva?

The third wave of feminism began in the mid-1950s.

According to Mary Wollstonecraft, which of the following virtues should be cultivated in women as well as men?

Jacques Derrida called the space between two poles "différance."

According to Nel Noddings, an ethics of caring is a set of principles or maxims.

According to Luce Irigaray, women have the capacity to define themselves.

The whole focus of _____ work is to demonstrate that language doesn't exist outside the body.

Identify a reason why feminist epistemologists are suspicious of the concept of the "ideal knower" as dispassionate, objective, and purely rational.

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that docility, dependence, and sensitivity were the virtues of women.

Helene Cixous recognizes that social structures are inherent in language, so she writes at the limits of language in a style called _____ to mitigate the damage done by "masculinist" structures in philosophical writing.

Harriet Taylor is considered a first-wave feminist.

Who among the following coined the approach "maternal thinking"?

Who among the following is a representative of the "First Wave" of feminist philosophy?

Simone de Beauvoir placed women in the role of "other" to man's "self."

According to Nancy Chodorow, why do boys often become isolated, separate, and misogynous?

Dark Blue Velvet

The Pre-Socratics

Socrates, Plato

Aristotle

Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Continental Tradition

The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions

Moral Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

Philosophy and Belief in God

Eastern Influences

Postcolonial Thought

Four Philosophical Problems

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