Feminist Theory from Margin to Center Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 20:

1.

In the author's view, which prejudices is it important for women of color to transcend? (from Chapters 8 and 9)

Prejudices against their mothers' generation.

Prejudices against illiterate women.

Prejudices against academics and/or intellectuals.

Prejudices against rich women.

2.

For the author, if "we" are to transform our present reality, what must happen? (from Chapter 12)

The world we most intimately know and feel safe in must end.

We cannot truly change out present reality without creating complete chaos.

We must embrace our enemies.

We must elect a female president.

3.

According to the author, challenges to to sisterhood can exist between white women and women of color; between which other groups does she say that they can exist? (from Chapters 4 and 5)

Between different groups of non-white women, women of different classes and/or races/ethnicities, and women of different sexual orientations.

Only between women from different social classes.

Between women from different universities.

Challenges to sisterhood do not really occur between other groups of women.

4.

How does the author describe the family in "Western society"? (from Chapters 2 and 3)

Television has destroyed family relationships.

For centuries it has been dominated by a sexist, patriarchal, authoritarian model.

It is no longer the primary social unit.

The Western family is based on nurturing and equality.

5.

For the author, what is the relationship between traditional beliefs about the family and society at large? (from Chapters 2 and 3)

Traditional beliefs about the family and the relationships within it are grounded in ll the other forms of discrimination at work in American society.

She credits changes in society with destroying the traditional family structure.

She does not see any relationship between the two.

She thinks that the family is a haven from society.

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