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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faludi, thirty years of data show that men suffer __________ __________ than do women.
(a) Less psychologically.
(b) More physically.
(c) Less physically.
(d) More psychologically.

2. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) The right to abortions.
(b) An Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
(c) Decent childcare.
(d) Child-rearing courses.

3. Yankelovich Monitor surveys find that "masculinity" is often defined as a man being a "good provider." This has negative implications for which of the following aspects of the feminist movement?
(a) Women's increasing presence in the political arena.
(b) Women's desires to control their own fertility.
(c) Women's drive for economic equality.
(d) Women's choices of fashion and clothing.

4. According to Faludi, cosmetic companies try to increase sales by ___________ their products.
(a) Cleaning up.
(b) Reducing.
(c) Medicalizing.
(d) Augmenting.

5. Why do politicians, journalists, and business leaders claim that women need no more help advancing?
(a) They have surpassed men in their accomplishments.
(b) They are in the infancy of their independence.
(c) They have returned to traditional roles.
(d) They have come of age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which organization's findings do not support the idea of a "baby boomlet" among career women?

2. By the 1980s the media begins to hail the arrival of a "________ generation."

3. Victoria Secret was intended to be the:

4. _________ and ________, two demographers at the Census Bureau, re-run the Harvard-Yale study using 1980 data and find a major flaw in the study and its calculations.

5. Advertisers tell women career success is harming their complexions and causing all of the following except:

(see the answer key)

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