Study Questions Number 13
Chrisler Chapter 12. Women With Disabilities (C 190 - 203)
Crawford & Unger. Greta Christina, Are we having sex yet? (163-166)
Crawford & Unger. Michelle Fine, Coping with rape: Critical perspectives on consciousness. (167-179)
Pipher. Drugs and alcohol--If Ophelia were alive today. (186-202)
hooks 7. Feminist class struggle. (37-43)
Name: ______________________
Date: 10-23-07
Psychology 258
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph. D.
1. What does it mean to call disability a social construct? (192)
2. In what ways does language convey politics? (192-193)
3. In what ways is disability an isolating experience? (194-195)
4. Rhoda Olkin, in her article on Women with Disabilities, lists five myths about disability and sexuality. What are those five myths? (198-199)
5. What are some of the problems that women with disabilities face regarding pregnancy and childbirth? (199-200)
6. Describe some of the obstacles for women with disabilities who wish to leave a partner. (201)
7. According to hooks as privileged women gained greater access to economic power with men of their class what happened? (40-41)
8. According to hooks, being true to feminist politics, our goals are what? Explain. (42-43)
9. What are three fundamental problems (Coping with rape) with the position that people need to exert control over their lives? Explain what those reasons mean. (169-170)
10. What are two major consequences (Coping with rape) of the psychological literature legitimating existing power asymmetries? Explain. (170)
11. What does it mean to say (Coping with rape) that a feminist psychology needs to value relational coping and to contextualize? (176)