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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 is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?
2. The sexual revolution lasted into what decade?
3. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, femininity became associated with what?
4. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses?
5. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” gender identities had to be acquired and demonstrated and etiquette became what that governed courtship rituals?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the sexual revolution change the currency of courtship?
2. How do American youth feel about the lack of clarity in the rules of contemporary dating according to the author in the Epilogue?
3. How did the rise of a national youth culture change the power structure in America, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
4. What threatened gender identity in the twentieth century, according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?
5. How did physical displays of affection evolve in the early part of the twentieth century?
6. How did American youth come to define themselves after World War II? What tensions did this cause?
7. What did Ernest Burgess advocate doing in order to address the issue of courtship in America?
8. What innovations does the author describe in the sexual behaviors of youth between World War I and the sexual revolution in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
9. Who was blamed for the breakdown in gender identity? Why?
10. What reasons does the author assert that men and women submitted to the system of gender etiquette in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the principle demographics studied in the book. Why does author Bailey choose to focus on the mainstream, middle-class youth? What does she assert can be assessed by examining the mainstream? What groups are left out in the book and why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the subversion of women’s rights during the emergence of the dating system. Why were women often blamed in the case of rapes or assaults? How did this impact women’s perceptions of themselves and of men? How did the media reinforce this perception?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of money in the early system of dating. Who controlled the money in the arrangement? How did this reflect power in the system? What were the standards of etiquette regarding money in the dating system?
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