Question

1. Nancy Chodorow:

		A. Is a Feminist scholar who wrote, Thinking Sex and argues that while gender and sexuality are intimately connected to one another, they are also distinct aspects of identity. To illustrate her point, she offers the example of someone who identifies as Lesbian being discriminated against in different context for her gender or her sexuality.
		B. Is a Feminist scholar who wrote, The Reproduction of Mothering and argued that early childhood processes of gendering instill flexible definitions (or ego boundaries) of gender identity for femininity and rigid definitions (or ego boundaries) of gender identity for masculinity, illustrating that masculinity is socially given higher status.
		C. Is a Feminist scholar who wrote, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence and analyzes the strict policing of gendered and sexual boundaries that we, as a society, engage in; she suggests Lesbian as a political identity that transcends sexuality.
		D. Is a Feminist scholar who argued that men, as a social group, control many of the institutions (such as in Mass Media and the Beauty Industry) that define the Beauty Ideal, and through control of popular aesthetics, men control women s sexuality and thus all forms of sex in patriarchal societies are expressions of masculine power.

2. As an example of how heterosexual masculinity is becoming more diverse in America, Seidman cites heterosexual males who also claim queerness as an identity. This group is also known as:

		A. Androgyny
		B. Transgendered
		C. Elective Straight-Queers
		D. Genderqueer

3. Bisexuality can be defined as:

		A. Being attracted to both men and women
		B. Being attracted to people regardless of sex or gender identity
		C. Neither A. nor B.
		D. Both A. and B.

Answer 1

Ans 1 : B) Is a feminist scholar who wrote , the reproduction of mothering and argued that early childhood processes of gendering instill flexible definitions (or ego boundaries) of gender identity for feminity and rigid definitions of gender identity for masculinity , illustrating that masculinity is socially given higher status.

The nancy Julia Chodorow was a feminist scholar who wrote number of influential books that highlighted the aspects of mothering , feminism and sexualities etc.