| Assignment Number 8 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 7. Carla golden, The Intersexed and transgendered: Rethinking sex/gender. (94-109) Pipher 5. Mothers. (101-114) Crawford & Unger. Ann Rex, My left hand. (93-97) Crawford & Unger. Eugenia Kaw, "Opening" faces: The politics of cosmetic surgery and Asian American women. (98-116). hooks. Chapter 2. Consciousness-raising: A constant change of heart. (7-12) |
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| 1. | What five "sex/gender principles" are offered in this lecture? What is your reaction and evaluation of these principles? (107) | ||
| 2. | What was your reaction to the Mary Pipher chapter on families? What did you especially relate to? Explain. | ||
| 3. | What was your reaction to the Mary Pipher chapter on mothers? What did you especially relate to? Explain. | ||
| 4. | What is your reaction to "My left hand?" What factors in our culture, do you think, enable bingeing and purging? (93-97) | ||
| 5. | What is meant by the statement that "In our feminist analyses of femininity and beauty we may sometimes find it difficult to account for cosmetic surgery without undermining the thoughts and decisions of women who opt for it?" Did Eugenia Kaw succeed in showing that the decision of women in her study to undergo cosmetic surgery is often carefully thought out? (101) | ||
| 6. | How is it that postmodern culture obscures differences? What are the effects? (113) | ||
| 7. | In hooks' Consciousness-raising chapter, what does she mean by the statement that "The enemy within must be transformed before we can confront the enemy outside? How do you feel about that assertion? Does she make the case for it? (12) | ||