| Assignment Number 12 Discussion/Writing Chrisler 11. Connie S. Chan, Asian American women and adolescent girls. Sexuality and sexual expression. (158-169) Pipher 9. Worshiping the gods of thinness. (166-185) Crawford & Unger. Phyllis Teitelbaum. Feminist theory and standardized testing. (153-162) hooks t. Beauty within and without. (31-36) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 10-17-06 Psychology 258 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | After hearing the lecture on varieties of feminism, if you are a feminist which variety are you? Why? | ||
| 2. | What was your reaction to the video Martha Williams, Black woman, determined entrepreneur? What did you learn? | ||
| 3. | Give an example from personal experience or from the media of gender as power. (Lecture on Gender as Status and Power) | ||
| 4. | Social control of the expression of sexuality among Asian American girls comes from three primary sources: (a) from the family, including parents, grandparents, and older siblings, (b) from the adolescent peer group, and (c) from the social environment, including school and community. Describe similar social control of your behavior or of the behavior of someone you know. You may describe a non-sexual social behavior analogue or a sexual behavior, whatever you are comfortable with. (164-165) | ||
| 5. | What was your reaction to the Mary Pipher chapter on "Worshiping the gods of thinness?" What did you find particularly important? Explain. | ||
| 6. | What evidence does Phyllis Rosser (1987) present to argue that college admission tests are biased? What is your reaction to this argument? (154-155) | ||
| 7. | What radically different conception of sex bias emerges from a feminist perspective on standardized testing? Explain. (157) | ||
| 8. | What would a gynecocentric test look like? Be specific. Would you like to take one in this course? Why? (160-161) | ||