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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do early feminist concepts of sexual liberty represent for the author?
2. Related to education, what does the author see as one of the primary goals of feminism?
3. What is the author's main contention about work in Chapter Seven?
4. What will happen if people follow the course of action regarding beliefs about motherhood proposed by the author?
5. In the author's view, how did early feminists understand work, i.e what did they identify as successful work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Essay on Ch. 9: The nature of violence against women.
One of the author's critiques of mainstream feminism is that it was sometimes unable to focus on transforming traditional views on gender, but instead reacted against them. For example, in her discussion of sisterhood in Ch.4, the author notes how early feminists built a notion of sisterhood around a shared sense of victimization. This view did not necessarily rethink the patriarchal dichotomy of victim and aggressor. In Ch. 9, the author notes something similar when she analyzes early feminist views on the nature of violence against women.
1) Discuss what the author means when she says that the practice of violence against women is a manifestation and perpetuation of traditional patriarchal thought, i.e. views on gender. What qualities do men and women possess according to this view. Does this view appear to make violence against women seem normal?
2) How did early feminists perceive the problem of violence against women, and what is the author's critique of their view?
3) Is violence limited to men, in the author's view? Whose problem is violence and how must the phenomenon be addressed in our society?
Essay Topic 3
Essay on Ch. 12: The process of feminist-oriented change.
The final chapter of the book looks at the process of feminist-oriented change and what is required to enact that change. This essay will provide an overview of the author's critiques and her prescriptions for revolutionary feminist change.
1) Discuss the author's analysis of early feminist approaches to creating change. In what way do these approaches fall short?
2) Discuss the author's recommendation for enacting change: What kind of social analysis does the author call for? What kind of action does she call for?
3) Discuss the author's view of the process of change: What attitude is called for? Why is the process of change difficult for Americans in particular?
4) Do you believe that the change the author calls for is possible?
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