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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.

• Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• A person‟s sex
• A person‟s sex as defined by society
• A societal response to a person‟s self-representation as a man or woman
• A person‟s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself

• Which factor bears most on women‟s health care today?
• The complexity of women‟s health
• Women‟s status and position in society
• Population growth
• The economy

• Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western societies?
• The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
• The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.

• Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• Not having a choice
• Not having a voice
• An act of tyranny
• A feeling of being burdened

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• In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with a biomedical

model?

• It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• It emphasizes women‟s rights.
• It opens new avenues for women‟s health care.

• Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• society, biology
• self-representation, societal expectations
• biology, environment and experience
• biology, hormones

• Women‟s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science and biology because
• they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
• scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.

• Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization‟s human rights framework in the

last?

• 5 years
• 10 years
• 20 years
• 40 years

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• “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
• meet a legal obligation
• correct an injustice
• correct an oversight

• What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women‟s health care?
• Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• Its consideration of women as central the model
• Its emphasis on science and medicine
• Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”

• The social model of health places the focus of health on
• the community.
• the individual.
• environmental conditions.
• scientific research.

• Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women‟s agency in the midst of social

constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?

• “Are „all women‟ the same?”
• “Why do you care about the issue?”
• “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
• “Who has a choice within the context of health?”