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SOC Final - Chapter 11
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1One reason why feminists are critical of Foucault’s theorizing is because his work:
- AExaggerates how body practices differ for women and men
- BIlluminates how historical change impacts sexuality
- CEmphasizes sex relations as social exchange relations
- DIgnores individuals’ everyday lived experiences
2For Foucault, the history of modern society is represented by an increase in:
- AIndividual surveillance
- BIndividual freedom
- CHonest bodies
- DSocial solidarity
3Docile bodies are bodies that can be:
- ASubjugated
- BTransformed
- CImproved
- DAll of the above
4We see disciplined bodies:
- AIn prison
- BAt school
- CIn clinics
- DAll of the above
5The Census of Population can be seen as a technique of bio-power because:
- AIndividuals can use it when deciding whether they want to live in less- or more-populated counties/areas
- BIts information is useful in drawing research samples
- CIt tracks and categorizes what bodies do
- DIt monitors demographic shifts
6When Foucault argues that society invented sexuality he means that:
- AThe current generation is more interested in sexual desire than their predecessors were
- BSocial institutions define what are normal sexual desires and habits
- CModern society is more tolerant of diverse sexual habits than in previous eras
- DDefinitions of sexuality serve the interests of the ruling class
7Foucault discusses the Catholic Church because of his interest in how:
- AReligious worldviews shape institutional practices
- BReligious affiliation creates social solidarity
- CReligious practices control sexual desire
- DReligious values foster sexual abstinence
8For Foucault, talk of sex is indicative of:
- AThe normalcy of sex in everyday life
- BThe everyday regulatory control of sex
- CThe therapeutic society
- DThe power of television in exposing sexual deviance
9When Foucault says that “Western man has become a confessing animal,” he means that:
- AHumans have a natural inclination to tell the truth about their sexual and other desires
- BConfession is a voluntary, therapeutic ritual in contemporary society
- CConfessional discourse and its multiple effects penetrate all spheres of society
- DThe freedom to talk about private matters is sign of freedom and social progress
10Power, for Foucault, is:
- AHierarchical and unequal
- BCirculatory and fluid
- CInstitutionally centered
- DConsolidated in the state
11In Foucault’s analysis, power is:
- ARelatively easy to pin down
- BIrrelevant to social relations
- CAlways visible to those who are subject to it
- DRelatively difficult to resist
12Power infuses, and is transmitted and reproduced through:
- ASilence
- BDiscourse
- CKnowledge
- DAll of the above
13A heterosexist bias presumes that:
- AHeterosexuality is natural and normal
- BSexual preferences can take many equally valid forms
- CHeterosexuality is a fluid social identity
- DAll of the above
14According to Seidman, classical sociological theory:
- AEmphasized the naturalness of homosexuality
- BIgnored the social formation of bodies and sexuality
- CRecognized the causal links between sexuality and individuals’ life chances
- DQuestioned the naturalness of gender and sexual categories
15An essentialist view of sexuality emphasizes:
- ANatural biological differences in sexual desire between heterosexuals and homosexuals
- BThe absence of biological and social differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals
- CThat sexuality is an overarching identity, more important than gender, class or race
- DNone of the above
16A social constructionist view of sexuality argues that:
- ABiological labels are more consequential than social labels
- BSexual categories and what they mean depend on social and historical context
- CSexual differences get translated into gender differences
- DSexuality is a major engine of political mobilization
17A social constructionist view of sexuality is challenged by:
- ASocial historians
- BCognitive psychologists
- CEvolutionary biologists
- D(b) and (c)
18Queer theory:
- ARejects the dichotomous categorization of sexuality
- BAffirms the explanatory importance of the homosexual–heterosexual divide
- CCalls for more attention to the minority status of gays vis-à-vis heterosexuals
- DCalls for the affirmation of homosexual over heterosexual identity
19Queer theory is radical because it:
- ADisrupts everyday conceptual categories
- BEmphasizes the rights of homosexuals
- CMoves beyond debates over essentialism and constructionism
- D(a) and (c)
20One reason why sociologists might be skeptical of queer theory is because it:
- AFocuses exclusively on homosexuality
- BMarginalizes the contextual influence of social institutions
- CAffirms the existence of separate homosexual and heterosexual cultures
- DIs opposed to abstract theorizing
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