MIDTERM 2016 - Politics of Sexuality Spring 2016 Mid-term...

Politics of Sexuality – Spring 2016
Mid-term Exam
Exam Date: March 11, 2016
Definition of Terms: Three points each (15)
1. Sex:
2. Gender:
3. Male/Female:
4. Intersex Conditions:
5. Transgender:
Short Answers: Three or Five Points each (34)
6. (5) Film: The History of Sex : Discuss three different inventions or invocations that were initial
thought to have negative repercussions on sexual behavior; and explain why they were thought
to be so.
7. (3 ) Greta Christina: Am I having Sex, Now or What? : Discuss why it may be important to
understand what it means to have sex.
8. (5) Judith Lorber , Believing is Seeing, Biology as Ideology : Discuss three different examples she
uses in her articles to support her theory of gendered environment.
9. (5) Hirshman & Larson, Hard Bargains: Discuss the components of ‘game theory.”
10. (3) “ List the three Western Schools of Philosophy they use to develop their discussion.
11. (5) “ Name the two early English settlements they discuss in Chapter 4, American Beginnings;