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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The title of Chapter Twelve, "Feminist Revolution: Development through Struggle," refers to which of the following ideas?
2. What ideas about parenting does the author initially discuss?
3. In the author's view, what is the result, or effect, of some successful feminists' particular relationship with power?
4. For the author, if "we" are to transform our present reality, what must happen?
5. What notion about women and power do both sexist and traditional feminist culture share?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Essay on Ch. 2 and 10: Ideas about the family.
Looking at Ch. 2 and Ch. 10 compare and contrast early and/or mainstream feminist ideas about the family with those of less privileged women.
- Did women of color and lower class women agree with mainstream feminist views on the family? What was their reaction?
- How does the author describe the relationship to family experience by many women of color, especially in relation to the broader society in which they live?
Essay Topic 2
Essay on Ch. 8: Women and education.
Provide an overview of the author's discussion of the role of literacy in relationship to feminism. Analyze her recommendation that women of color should seek to further their education and intellectual development in order to participate more in feminist theory and the feminist movement.
1) The author promotes literacy as a solution to the problem of many women-especially women of color- being excluded from the feminist movement. How does promoting literacy address the problem of exclusion? What other things does literacy accomplish (e.g. furthering feminism's goals, dispelling stereotypes, etc.).
2) Does promoting literacy address the problem of feminist writing being too academic and intellectual, and therefore inaccessible? What is the author's recommendation for dealing with this problem? Is this a realistic solution in your view?
3) Are there other solutions that the author does not suggest? For example, are there ways to dispel stereotypes, promote feminist goals, and educate women about feminist issues that do not include promoting higher educating and intellectual development. In your view, how can women who do not wish to become intellectuals participate in the feminist movement?
Essay Topic 3
Essay on Ch. 2: Definition of feminism.
In Ch. 2, the author advocates ending sexist oppression as a better definition of feminism.
1) How does the author define sexist oppression and how does ending sexist oppression differ from previous definitions?
2) What social institutions (e.g. the family) will potentially be changed by this new definition of feminism?
3) Does the author advocate a more comprehensive approach to fighting all forms oppression in general? How?
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