Women's studies final review

Question 1

What percent of women's health doctors were men who didn't take women's complaints seriously?

Accepted Answer

70 percent, 90 percent

Question 2

What grade do you deserve on this test?

Accepted Answer

A, B, C

Question 3

Why was abortion a major issue for women in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

Some places required permission from the father to get one, Abortion was illegal in most states, Thousands of women died from botched illegal abortions

Question 4

Dolores Huerta advanced the Chicana (Mexican) movement by

Accepted Answer

organizing labor unions and farm strikes

Question 5

How did women respond to problems with abortion?

Accepted Answer

filed lawsuits which led to the Roe v. Wade case, formed a created secret club to help women get abortions

Question 6

How did Title IX help women?

Accepted Answer

It opened up admissions to many colleges and medical schools, it mandated equality in college athletics, it required colleges to take sexual assault seriously

Question 7

What did women do in response to sexual assaults?

Accepted Answer

start speak-outs where they called our their rapist by name, created events like Take Back the Night

Question 8

African-American women were involved as ___ in the civil rights movement.

Accepted Answer

bridge leaders

Question 9

What was the issue with sexual assault in this time period?

Accepted Answer

police often blamed women for their own rapes, marital rape was not considered a crime in most states

Question 10

How did lesbians address women's oppression?

Accepted Answer

creating a new women's music and arts scene, forming groups separate from straight women, going to Pride events, cuz Pride is lit

Question 11

Puerto Rican women responded to sexism in the Young Lords movement by

Accepted Answer

going on a no-sex strike until their demands were met by men

Women's studies final review

Questions 11

Women's studies final review

Questions 11