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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose ideas in particular does she address?
2. What does the author suggest about many successful feminists and their relationship with power?
3. Which one of the following is true of the author beliefs about child care centers?
4. What change in attitudes towards work does the author propose in Chapter Seven.
5. How does the author herself feel about the slow process of change and all the work that it involves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Essay on Ch. 11: Sexual liberation.
Sexual liberation comes across as problematic in Ch. 11.
1) Why is the (male-defined) idea of sexual liberation problematic for the author?
2) Does it seem like our contemporary society promotes sexual liberation? Give examples of why or why not.
3) In your opinion, does the author's promotion of freedom from conforming to one model, and tolerance towards all sexualities, go far enough in addressing, or redefining the male-defined models of sexual liberation?
Essay Topic 2
Essay on Ch. 5: Men and feminism.
In Ch. 5, the author looks at the relationship between men and the feminist movement.
1) Describe and discuss early feminist views of men as "the enemy."
2) What is the author's critique of this early view? How do race and class figure into her argument?
3) The author also makes the potentially controversial statement that "all men support and perpetuate sexism and sexist oppression in one form or another...."
What does she mean by this statement? Do you think that it is in conflict with her call to see men as comrades in the feminist struggle? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Essay on Ch. 7: Women and work.
The author claims that bourgeois feminist's idealization of work alienated many women of color and working class women.
1) How is the early feminist view of work defined by race and class?
2) What were the experiences of many women of color and working class women? What alternatives do they have when the workplace turns out to be a place of discrimination and hierarchy?
3) Do you feel that we live in an equal opportunity society, or are opportunities still affected by a person's gender, race, and class? Provide examples for your argument.
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