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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. What should an education do?
2. What does Marriage for Moderns say about women and their roles?
3. What did Freud believe that all neurosis stemmed from?
4. What is the problem with educating women early to fulfill their sexual roles in regards to the opposite sex?
5. Why are the girls at college?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was this preoccupation different than it had been before?
2. What happened as women who were highly intelligent let go of their interests for the role of wife and mother?
3. What did the men do to defy the "masculine mystique"?
4. What qualified women for the category of "True Housewife Type"?
5. Why did sex become the preoccupation of American women?
6. How did the image of women change from the 1930's-50's?
7. Why was it advisable for advertisers to not let the "Career Women" category get any larger?
8. What might have happened if women had gone on to continue their education?
9. What was the problem with the young women of this age group?
10. How is a self actualizing relationship stronger than one borne in the feminine mystique?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Freud and Margaret Mead's study of women influence the development of the feminine mystique? What role do these individuals play in the education of women in regards to the mystique? How do their views compliment each other? Explain your answer and support it with research from outside the book.
Essay Topic 2
How can a woman's husband act as an anchor within the feminine mystique? Is this intentional? How is it ultimately the woman's decision to go back to school and continue her education? What things prevent her from doing so?
Essay Topic 3
How is it impossible to live within the confines of the feminine mystique for any length of time? Why is it so difficult for women to pursue a socially acceptable role of 'femininity' within the culture of the 1950's? Are their any comparable situations in today's day and age? Explain your answers.
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