Think You Know About Feminism in 2007? Test Your IQ
1. Betty Friedan was:
A. A pin-up model from the 1940s
B. The mother of American cookbooks
C. A columnist for McCall’s
D. The founder of the National Organization for Women
E. Author of The Feminine Mystique
2. In 2007, for every dollar a man earns, a woman earns:
A. the same
B. 84 cents
C. 77 cents
D. 56 cents
3. During the Miss America Protest of 1968, radical feminists did all but which of the following:
A. Crowned a live sheep “Miss Americaâ€
B. Burned their bras
C. Threw aprons and high heels into a Freedom Trashcan
D. Sprayed Toni home permanent spray inside the convention hall
4. In 2007, women make up what percent of the U.S. Senate?
A. 3%
B. 16%
C. 33%
D. 50%
5. “Postfeminist†is:
A. A term coined in 1919 by a group of literary radicals in Greenwich Village who rejected the feminism of their mothers one year before women won the right to vote
B. A term used in the 1980s to describe an era in which feminism was deemed unhip and unnecessary
C. A media-hyped label that irritates third-wave feminists more than Adam Corolla
D. All of the above
6. The Real Hot 100 is:
A. A new reality tv show
B. A list of the hottest women according to Maxim magazine
C. A campaign to redefine hotness by refiguring the standards to honor guts and not just glam
D. Hot sauce
7. The Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in:
A. 1923
B. 1942
C. 1969
D. 1971
8. In 2007, what percent of tenured professors at PhD-granting universities are women?
A. 7%
B. 16%
C. 20%
D. 50%
9. Title IX is:
A. The name of Britney’s favorite club in NYC
B. A piece of pro-woman legislation passed in 1972 now under attack
C. The name of a secret feminist cult
D. The sister band of L7
10. In 2007, what percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women?
A. 2.6%
B. 15%
C. 26%
D. 50%
11. BUST is:
A. A girlie magazine for men
B. A grrly magazine “for women with something to get off their chestâ€
C. A boxing move popularized by Laila Ali
D. A West Coast rapper
ANSWERS:
1 – C, D, and E, 2 – C, 3 – B, 4 – B, 5 – D, 6 – C, 7 – A, 8 – C, 9 – B, 10 – A, 11 – B
SCORE YOURSELF
11-8 = Superstar!
7-4 = Semi-superstar
3-0 = Hit the books, my friend. You got catching up to do.
Based on Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild (available from Palgrave, June 12, 2007)
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