| Assignment Number 9 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 8. PMS as a culture bound syndrome. (110-127) Crawford & Unger. I'm not fat, I'm Latina. (117-118) Crawford & Unger. Illness and imagery. (119-130) Crawford & Unger. The other body. (131-135) Pipher 6. Fathers. (115-130) hooks 3. Sisterhood is powerful. (13-18) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 10-5-06 Psychology 258 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What was your reaction to the first part of the video on intersexuality? What did you learn? What do you believe would be the feminist position on cosmetic genital surgery? Why? | ||
| 2. | Do you agree that PMS is a culture-bound syndrome? Explain why.(110-127) | ||
| 3. | What does Chrisler mean when she says the greatest beneficiary of PMS is the status quo? Do you agree? Describe a situation you have seen in real life or the media that illustrates this effect. (122) | ||
| 4. | What is your reaction to "I'm not fat, I'm Latina??" (117-118) | ||
| 5. | It is a central tenet of feminism that women's invisible, private wounds often reflect social and political injustices. It is a commitment central to feminism to share burdens. And it is an axiom of feminism that the personal is political. In what ways do you think these tenets, commitments, and axioms are revealed in Nancy Datan's article about breast cancer? (119) | ||
| 6. | What would you do about a prosthesis if you lost a breast? Explain. | ||
| 7. | What is your reaction to Ynestra King's article "The other body?" (131-135) | ||
| 8. | What was your reaction to the Mary Pipher chapter on fathers? What did you especially relate to? Explain. | ||
| 9. | Do you have "the enemy within?" Give an example. (hooks 14) | ||