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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Both Susan and Stephen Price claim to be ___________ in a ___________ age.
2. Which of the following occur following Reagan's second term in office?
3. According to Faludi, surveys show which of the following types of women ranking highest in mental health?
4. To gain support for the anti-abortion backlash, the media frame the struggle as:
5. Why does Faludi believe Warren Farrell's loses his enthusiasm for the feminist movement?
Short Essay Questions
1. Highlight Chapter 13's presentation of the prominent battle between NBC, ABC, and the women who choose to stand up to their policies?
2. In Chapter 11, "The Backlash Brain Trust: From Neocons to Neofems," an author states that male academics in an era of "political correctness" are like "shell-shocked" Cambodian refugees. In addition, feminists change departments and courses, and hire only their own. Faludi, however, suggests that the data show a different reality for women in academia. List three to five of her arguments.
3. Describe the ways in which Poet Robert Bly affects the feminist movement.
4. Summarize the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. battle with the EEOC?
5. Identify two of the books listed in this chapter that focus on women getting married. Explain why the focus of these books is not helpful to women.
6. How does Sylvia Ann Hewlett attack and affect the ERA?
7. Chronicle the life of Connaught ("Connie") Marshner after she leaves college.
8. Discuss at least two of the implications of the fetal protection movement.
9. In their advice manuals, Smart Women/Foolish Choices and Women Men Love/Women Men Leave, Melvin Kinder and Connell Cowan provide advice that is harmful to women. Give some examples of this advice and why it is harmful to women?
10. The feminist movement gained support and momentum in 1984 when Representative Geraldine Ferraro was nominated for vice-president on the Democratic ticket. Four years later, however, female candidates running for office are at record lows and they do not win most of the races for which they run. What is the explanation for this vast shift over a four-year period?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify and explain the major differences between the way Jockey approaches women's intimate apparel in 1982 compared to its competitors Victoria Secret and Maidenform.
Essay Topic 2
Faludi writes that Murphy Brown and Roseanne are two characters who are attacked by the backlash. Is this an accurate accusation? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze chapter11, "The Backlash Brain Trust: From Neocons to Neofems" in which Faludi claims that authors both frighten and confuse people about feminism in the 1980s. In your analysis highlight the work of four of these authors.
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