Assignment Number 21 |
Student
Name _____________________ Date due: 4-17-08 Psychology 258 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
| If the assignment was not turned in during the class period after small group discussion and you believe it may qualify for excused full credit please explain . You must also state who you discussed the paper with as well as how they responded to each of the answers to your questions. | __________________________________ |
| Late papers. Unexcused late papers may be turned in for one-half credit for the written portion of the assignment. |
| Spacing. Papers must be typed, double spaced. |
| 8-1/2 X 11 paper. In order to make handling papers easy and to ensure that none are misplaced, all papers are expected to be 8-1/2 X 11 inches, stapled, and with no torn, spiral notebook edges. |
| Please staple the questions to your answers or write out the questions as well as the answers. Having the questions available will facilitate class discussion. |
| 1. | What was your reaction to the dscussion with Sandra Wright? What did you find particularly important? Explain. | ||
| 2. | What was your reaction to the video Flat Broke with Children: Women and Welfare Reform? What did you learn that you found especially important? Is there social justice work you can do in this area of feminization of poverty? Please explain. | ||
| 3. | Think about your own fear of rape. How would you rate yourself on a scale of 0 to 10? If you are comfortable doing so, please explain. (C 323-325) | ||
| 4. | What rape precautionary behaviors do you use? Include both isolation tactics and street-savvy tactics. Explain. Note the Rape Aggression Defense System begin again on November 27th. (C 324-325) | ||
| 5. | What situational factors at UW-Superior contribute to fear of rape? Please name them. If I preserve your anonymity, may I share your observations with others? | ||
| 6. | What are the societal and institutional factors that you have observed that instill fear of rape in women? What do you think of the BYU women's social justice action? What social justice action can you engage in regarding fear of rape? Explain. (C 332-333) | ||
| 7. | What will you say to someone who argues that problems of social inequality have largely been resolved? Explain. (272) | ||
| 8. | Have you ever had an experience like the ones Ellen Neuborne describes, of being silenced through sexist "programming?" Describe an instance. What will you do in the future? Explain. (273-277) | ||
| 9. | In "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, Pipher said that "Margaret was exceptional in her resistance to an environment where she was devalued and objectified. Betty Friedan would call it fighting against "the problem with no name." What are Pipher and Friedan talking about? What is your reaction to the discussion of "the problem with no name?" Explain. (263-264) | ||
| 10. | According to hooks, why is testimony needed about the sexual pathologies and horrors women endured prior to the existence of dependable birth control? In what ways were men a threat? What effects would ending legal abortion have on female sexuality? Explain. (85-86) | ||
| 11. | What do you believe a liberatory sexual practice would look like? Explain. (90-92) | ||