| Assignment Number 9 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 8. Women, weight, and body image. (116-135) 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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| 1. | In what ways did the Bloomberg Company discriminate against pregnant women? What was your reaction to the video? Explain. | ||
| 2. | What is your reaction to the video on the Gender Gap in Health Care? What will you tell you male friends and female friends as a result of this video? | ||
| 3. | What do you think of the statement that because women have traditionally had access to few avenues of achievement, beauty may be one socially acceptable form of achievement? What is the meaning behind the current standard of beauty? (C 123-129 | ||
| 4. | What conclusion was reached by the study that had men and women wear either a bulky sweater or a swimsuit while solving a math problem? What are your reactions to that study? (126) | ||
| 5. | Who benefits in a capitalist society for this emphasis on childlike thinness and beauty? (C 127) | ||
| 6. | Why is it an advantage of patriarchal power to keep women's self-esteem low? (C 127-128) | ||
| 7. | What is your reaction to "I'm not fat, I'm Latina??" (C&U 117-118) | ||
| 8. | 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? (C&U 119) | ||
| 9. | What would you do about a prosthesis if you lost a breast? Explain. | ||
| 10. | What is your reaction to Ynestra King's article "The other body?" (131-135) | ||
| 11. | What was your reaction to the Mary Pipher chapter on fathers? What did you especially relate to? Explain. | ||
| 12. | Do you have "the enemy within?" Give an example. (hooks 14) | ||