The Feminist Valuing the Devalued Process
created by:
Alexis Frank, Shaheli Guha, Hitomi Yoneya
The Feminist Valuing the Devalued Quiz
- Who is Marilyn Waring?
A.) The first woman to be elected to New Zealand's Parlament
B.) A feminist and activist who supports including unpaid work in the GDP
C.) Someone who championed equal opportunity immigration for men and women
D.) One of the first out lesbians who actively opposed same-sex marriage
- What is an example of an externality?
A.) Lower crime due to the influx of jobs in an area
B.) Increased disease because of the presence of a dump in a community
C.) Cigarette smoke
D.) All of the above
- What work has NOT traditionally been undervalued?
A.) Being a stay-at-home mom
B.) Going into primary school eduation
C.) Becoming a professional chef
D.) All of the above.
- Who is most likely to be on welfare?
A.) Elderly men
B.) Single women with children
C.) Grandmothers with grandchildren
D.) First generation immigrants
- Before feminist movements of the 20th century, women went into
traditionally feminine work because?
A.) Women are more bilogically "fit" than men in performing caring labor
B.) Women wanted to stay in the home instead of enter the competitive realm of men's paid labor
C.) Women were not strong enough to do the physically demanding tasks that constituted the majority of male labor
D.) None of the above
- Which of the following is true?
A.) Women did not go to college until the 1900s and therefore were unqualified for paid work
B.) When a woman opts out of the paid labor force she proves that she loves her children more than a full-time working mother
C.) Stay-at-home parents do not "work" because they are not paid a wage
D.) Many women who choose to opt out forfet current and future earnings, as well as financial security
