The Final will be on Thursday, Dec. 13 from 9:45-11:45. It will be held in our usual classroom in Pearson. DON’T FORGET TO BRING A BLUE BOOK TO THE EXAM.
The first section will include approximately 20 multiple choice questions worth 2 points each. The multiple choice questions will refer to mainly material covered since the midterm exam (chapters
7,8,10 and 12 in the Wood textbook, the readings assigned for class in the Kilbourne book as well as films and discussions covered in class - Beyond Beats and Rhymes and Smoke Signals and the film on female circumcision, The Day I Will Never Forget) in addition to a few key terms from earlier in the semester that have been repeated in readings and discussions (see the ID list below).
There will then be a matching section with the IDs listed below – which will include 10 IDs and will be worth 2 points each as well.
Finally there will be two short essay questions worth 20 points each
Possible IDS:
Psychological Responsibility Rape Script
Gendered Stereotypes in the boy code
Workplace (i.e. Sturdy Oak, Child, etc)
Microinequities
Glass Ceiling and Glass Wall
Second Shift
Territoriality
CEDAW
Clitoridectomy
Microinequities
Mommy Track
Hostile Environment
Affirmative Action Policies
Male Deficit Model
Alternative Paths Model
Backlash (from ch. 3)
Symbolic Interactionism (ch. 2)
Comfort Women
Standpoint Theory (ch. 2)
Quid Pro Quo Harassment
Gender Intimidation
Anthroplogical Theory (ch. 2)
Sunna
Diversity Training Quota ego boundaries
Possible Essays (You will get to choose two out of three on the exam):
1) Define gendered violence, and discuss the ways in which society normalizes gendered violence.
Your essay should identify 3-4 specific social foundations or institutions that allow or encourage both women and men to regard certain kinds of gendered violence as normal or acceptable. Please make sure to include concrete examples.

2) Class discussions and the textbook have emphasized this point: gender is constructed. Explain what it means to claim that gender is constructed. Your response should define gender and describe HOW gender is constructed and how it is changed over time. In addition, your response should discuss what viewing gender as a social construction implies for individual action and agency. Include specific examples of how gender is constructed, reproduced, and changed.
3) Identify one issue that you consider especially important in the ongoing cultural conversation about gender. Explain why you regard this issue as particularly pivotal now and how different resolutions of it might affect social life.
4) Identify the themes (or elements) of what it means to be masculine in the United States. As part of your explanation, be sure you provide brief, concrete examples for the five established themes and the recently emerging theme. Finally, discuss 1 way that parental/guardian communication (as discussed in chapter 7 of Gendered Lives) about gender may influence understanding of one or more of these themes.
5) Discuss the two models that describe masculine and feminine ways of building relationships and expressing closeness. Explain how differences in masculine and feminine socialization may influence men and women in cross-sex friendships.