3rd quiz

2. How has sexual harassment of women been theorised?

• A.

  It has been linked to sex-based inequality.

• B.

  It’s one of the behaviours men engage in as they “mobilise masculinities” to exclude and harm women as a group

• C.

  It’s a tool to police appropriate ways of “doing gender” and penalise gender nonconformity in the workplace.

• D.

  All of the above.

3. What does the “vulnerable victim hypothesis” argue?

• A.

  Workers who feel that they are not sufficiently rewarded by employers are more likely to think of themselves as victims.

• B.

  More vulnerable workers (women, racial minorities) and those with the most precarious positions and least workplace authority are subject to greater harassment.

• C.

  Younger less experienced employees are more likely to interpret certain behaviours as harassment.

• D.

  None of the above.

4. What is meant by “masculine overcompensation”?

• A.

  Men try to do more heavy-duty work to show how masculine they are.

• B.

  Women try to do more heavy-duty work to prove that they are capable.

• C.

  Men react to threats to their manhood by enacting an extreme form of masculinity.

• D.

  Men refrain from doing “women’s” tasks to avoid being bullied by colleagues.

5. What were the 2 main findings in the quantitative part of the study about sexual harassment (which 2 hypotheses were confirmed)?

6. According to Yavorsky, what could be considered an example of “conditional cissexual privilege”?

• A.

  Co-workers typically perceive undisclosed trans men as competent and respect their authority.

• B.

  Co-workers typically perceive undisclosed trans women as competent and respect their authority.

• C. 

  Co-workers tend to respect the authority of transwomen regardless of whether they disclose their trans status.

• D.

  None of the above.

7. How does Jill Yavorsky explain the term cisgenderism?

8. What are ideal worker norms?

• A.

  Norms that tend to privilege white and married men with a stay-at-home wife and children.

• B.

  Norms that tend to privilege married women with children.

• C.

  Norms that support organizational programs aimed at ensuring a good work-life balance.

• D.

  None of the above.

9. What does cissexism mean?

• A.  

  A belief system that denigrates trans people, or non-cisgender people.

• B.

  Sexism toward cisgender people.

• C.

  Sexism toward heterosexual cisgender people.

• D.

  None of the above.

10. Cite any one short example from the interviewees’ stories that illustrates the idea of “cisgender double-bind”.

1. What do the authors mean by the “paradox of power” in the title of the article about sexual harassment?