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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did women working for change initially view the exercise of power?
2. Which one of the following ideas is not mentioned by the author in her discussion of how feminist-oriented change can actually come about?
3. What is the author's main contention about work in Chapter Seven?
4. What is the author's opinion of the early feminist belief about creating change?
5. What is the author's opinion about the two different groups and how they function?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Essay on Ch. 9: Women and war.
In Ch. 9 the author discusses the nature of violence against women and the phenomenon of violence in general. She uses war as an example of how women, too, demonstrate a capacity for violence. In your essay, think about the connection between traditional beliefs about gender and the author's analysis of women and war. Use quotations by the author to support your argument where necessary.
1) Discuss the author's position on how war is an example of women's capacity for violence.
- How do women support war?
- Does women's support for war, and their encouragement of male family members to go to war, seem to come from and reinforce traditional beliefs about men's and women's natures (e.g. aggressive, nurturing, etc.), whether innate or culturally learned?
2) Is condoning war the same as condoning violence? What can you gather about the author's views on war? Following the author's thinking, is war an example of using violence as a form of social control?
3) Does encouraging women (and gay men) to participate in the military and in war promote social equality?
4) If violence is a manifestation of hierarchy and power, what do women have to gain or lose from participating in war?
Essay Topic 2
Essay on Ch. 2, 3, and 10: Parenting.
Compare the author's discussion of the family in Ch. 2 and 3 with her discussion on revolutionary parenting in Ch. 10.
1) What is the author's thesis?
2) How can the family as a unit reproduce patriarchal ideas? E.g., how does sexism affect the family structure?
3) What role does feminism play in redefining family?
4) How can the idea of the family be reformulated so as to transform traditional models and ideas about motherhood?
Essay Topic 3
Essay on Ch. 1: The mainstream feminist movement.
In Ch. 1, the author goes into great detail regarding the weaknesses of the mainstream feminist movement.
1) Discuss the role of race and class in the author's critique. Why and how is mainstream feminist theory classist and racist? Provide specific examples from the text.
2) In the second part of your paper, discuss why and how less privileged women's perspectives can alter (and have altered) feminist theory.
3) What is specific to less privileged women's vision and perspectives that more privileged feminists have overlooked?
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