| Assignment Number 14 Discussion/Writing Chrisler 13. The health risks of being Black, Latina, Woman, and/or Poor. (204-219) Crawford & Unger. Mistsuye Yamanda, Invisibility is an unnatural disaster.(180-184) Crawford & Unger. Sherry Gorelick. The gender trap. (185-189) Pipher 11. Sex and violence. (203-231) hooks 8. Global feminism. (44-47) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 10-25-07 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What was your reaction to Together for Youth? What did you learn? What did you find particularly important? What principles we have studied this semester that might apply? Explain. | ||
| 2. | What is meant by the statement that "When women were the focus of healthcare, the attention centered on their fertility and reproductive capacity; women's needs in and of themselves were simply not considered important? What do you think of that? (C 207) | ||
| 3. | What do we find when we examine women's health through the prism of power, privilege, and social inequality? Explain. What do you think of that? (C 208-209) | ||
| 4. | Why does the concept of gender oppression provide an important theoretical framework for understanding women's HIV risk? Explain. (C 210-211) | ||
| 5. | What does the aphorism "context is everything" say about women's health? Explain. (C 204-219) | ||
| 6. | Contrast an individualistic perspective with a social structure analysis in understanding issues of women's health. (C 204-219) | ||
| 5. | What effect does resignation (Invisibility is an unnatural disaster) have on oppressed people? Do you agree? Explain. (C&U 180) | ||
| 7. | Have you been treated as invisible (Invisibility is an unnatural disaster)? Describe an instance. | ||
| 8. | What is your reaction to Gorelick's thesis (The gender trap) that girls being sexualized by adults only when they are involved in encounters with males represents a "disturbing picture of compulsory heterosexuality?" Explain. Do you agree with Gorelick that this kind of behavior devalues the bonds between females? Explain. (C&U 188) | ||
| 9. | A study of teenagers in Rhode Island, teens were asked to respond to questions about the circumstances under which a man "has the right to have sexual intercourse with woman without her consent." What percent said the man had the right to use force if the couple were married? What percent said the man had the right if the couple planned to get married? What is your reaction to this? Explain. (P 206) | ||
| 10. | Pipher said that most schools do not help students with what they need most--a sense of meaning regarding their sexuality, ways to make sense of all the messages, and guidelines on decent behavior in sexual relationships. What is your reaction? Explain. (P 207) | ||
| 11. | Pipher developed a sexual decision-making course. Would you like your daughter to take such a course? Why? Explain. (P 209) | ||
| 12. | What was your reaction to Pipher's chapter on Sex and Violence? Explain. (P 203-231) | ||
| 13. | Explain what a decolonized feminist perspective (Global feminism) would be. Do you agree? Why? Explain. (h 46-47) | ||