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We are embodied communicators!  In addition to differences in biological female and male brains, which other parts of the human body are linked with potential gender differences in how we communicate and form relationships?    

Some red states like Georgia have been accused of engaging in various forms of ways to discourage registered voters from voting. According to Rothenberg readings, which of the following is NOT an example of what is now called “voter suppression?”

In the film clip from Dreamworlds 3 we saw in class, filmmaker and Professor Sut Jhally argues in his video essay that music videos use __________ to focus attention on women’s sexual body parts thereby robbing women of their full humanity.  Dr. James suggests this practice compares to linguistic practices (rituals) of pejoratively labeling women by sexualized body parts,  e.g., “headlights, tits, ass.”  

Janus excercise author Morales  makes which of the following claims about teaching racism?

__________ is the shorthand reference to part of the 1964 U.S. Civil Rights Acts, Educational Amendments that required K-12 schools, college and universities receiving federal funds to give girls and women comparable opportunities to compete in school-sponsored sports.

According to Dr. James, university students enrolled in Florida public colleges and universities who want to take diversity-related course– especially those courses that consider gender, gender identity, sexism, race, systemic racism,  intersectionality, oppression, and/or privilege — may face which of the following challenges?

Scapegoating can occur  when we deflect and falsely blame a problem on other persons or things instead of acknowledging the real reasons for the problem. The origins of this term comes from __________ 

Follow the language! The terms “pansexual,” “omnisexual,” and “polysexual” are “new” terms in-use in U.S. English that best illustrate different forms of sexual __________

The course YouTube video _______ illustrates that we all begin life with a set of circumstances we inherit from our respective families and for which we are not personally responsible. Therefore, without us doing a thing, we can get a significant head-start in life irrespective of our personal intelligence, abilities, and hard work.  

“We study a moving target” is one of our course maxims.  This clearly reflects our discussions on the status of women’s and girls’s access to abortion in the United States.  Just two days ago, a Gerogia judge struck down Georgia’s six weeks ban on abortion allowing women access to abortion beyonds six weeks.  Which of the below best reflects our class discussion on abortion?