Assignment Number 17 Discussion/Writing Chrisler 16. Carolyn West, Mammy, jezebel, and sapphire: Developing and "oppositional gaze" toward the images of Black women. (236-252) Crawford & Unger. Part 4. Making a living: Women, work, and achievement. (217-218) Crawford & Unger. Marie Racine, Life in a factory. (219-222) hooks. Chapter 11. Ending violence. (61-66)

Student Name _____________________ Date due: 11-7-06 Psychology 258 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

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1.	In class on Thursday, Dr. B. handed out copies of reports from the UW-Superior Status of Women Committee, Committee on Women's Issues, and Coordinator of Women & Gender Studies. These documents are not to be studied. They will not be on a test. Please review them and share with your small group and in your written assignment your reaction to these documents and what they represent in terms of Women's issues on the UW-Superior campus.
2.	What is your reaction to the New York Times article "Punished for Being Female? (lecture)
3.	Go to the Amnesty International web page and search fro SVAW. Review some of the pages. What is your reaction? What can you do to help in the Stop Violence Against Women Campaign?
4.	What is your reaction to The March for Women's Lives video? What did you find especially important? Was there anything that surprised you? Explain.
5.	What is your reaction to the video on the Gender Gap in Health Care? What will you tell you female friends and female friends as a result of this video?
6.	Professor Carolyn West surrounds herself with images of African Americans that are demeaning and distorted. Why does she do that? In what ways do you remind yourself to challenge the oppressions in your life? Does it work? (237-239)
7.	In what ways will you take an "oppositional gaze" as a result of studying Carolyn West's lecture? What did you learn from this lecture? What will you do differently? (236-252)
8.	In what ways is androcentrism illustrated in Pipher's chapter "Then and now?" Has the power of androcentrism changed? Explain. What is your reaction to this chapter? (232-248)
9.	What forces make it difficult for maquiladoras (factory workers) to improve their working conditions and wages? (219-222) (Life in a factory).
10.	In thinking about the article "Life in a factory," can people in the U. S. do anything about the exploitation of workers in poor and less-developed countries? If so, what are those things? (219-222)
11.	How do you feel about the conditions women (Life in a factory) work under? Please explain. (219-222)
12.	Are there any parallels to the "Life in a factory" situations in the U. S. (Prostitutes and sew-workers. Foreign nannies here under false pretense, illegal immigrants, nonunionized immigrant farm workers)? Please explain.
13.	What is the relationship between male violence against women and imperialist militarism? How might you use this question to reflect on the War on Terrorism and the war against Iraq? (65-66)