Question

1. Which of the following is an example of partial passing by a woman?

     a. Forming a women’s initiative group.

     b. Mentoring a younger woman

     c. Going out with male co-workers to a strip club.

     d. Being overlooked for a promotion.

      Answer:

2. Which of the following is True?

     a. When women are in the minority, sex becomes a defining characteristic.

     b. Workplace dynamics become harder for women when more women move into positions

          of power.

     c. When a woman (Queen Bee) locks other women out of positions of power to keep her

         own position secure, the problem is her personality.

     d. Women are more likely to be stereotyped if they make up at least 25% of a group.

     Answer:

3. Which of the following is True?

     a. Gender wars happen to women, but not so much so to men.

     b. Women are most often judged on their accomplishments rather than on their looks or

          appearance.

     c. Men feel threatened by other men’s competence or good looks far more often than

         women.

     d. Femmes and tomboys tend to work well together with little or no conflict.

     Answer:

4. Female lawyers and legal secretaries often do not get along because?

     a. They have conflicting individual personality traits.

     b. They are prone to catfights.

     c. They encounter Maternal Wall bias.

     d. Issues of both Prove-It-Again and Tightrope bias are reflected in the relationship.

     Answer:

Answer 1

1. Which of the following is an example of partial passing by a woman?

a. Forming a women’s initiative group.
b. Mentoring a younger woman
c. Going out with male co-workers to a strip club.
d. Being overlooked for a promotion.

  Answer: c. Going out with male co-workers to a strip club.

2. Which of the following is True?

a. When women are in the minority, sex becomes a defining characteristic.
b. Workplace dynamics become harder for women when more women move into positions
of power.
c. When a woman (Queen Bee) locks other women out of positions of power to keep her
own position secure, the problem is her personality.
d. Women are more likely to be stereotyped if they make up at least 25% of a group.

Answer: c. When a woman (Queen Bee) locks other women out of positions of power to keep her
own position secure, the problem is her personality.

3. Which of the following is True?

a. Gender wars happen to women, but not so much so to men.
b. Women are most often judged on their accomplishments rather than on their looks or
appearance.
c. Men feel threatened by other men’s competence or good looks far more often than
women.
d. Femmes and tomboys tend to work well together with little or no conflict.

Answer: a. Gender wars happen to women, but not so much so to men.

4. Female lawyers and legal secretaries often do not get along because?

a. They have conflicting individual personality traits.
b. They are prone to catfights.
c. They encounter Maternal Wall bias.
d. Issues of both Prove-It-Again and Tightrope bias are reflected in the relationship.

Answer: d. Issues of both Prove-It-Again and Tightrope bias are reflected in the relationship.