| Assignment Number 9 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 6. Christine A. Smith. Women, weight, and body image.(76-93) Pipher 3. Developmental issues--"I'm not waving, I'm drowning" (45-73) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 2-9-04 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What is your evaluation of the statement that eating disorders are due to an underlying fear of women's power? What is the rationale for that statement? (84) | ||
| 2. | What is your evaluation of the statement that eating disorders are due to pressure to keep women's self-esteem low and create a passive and readily exploitable group? What is the rationale to that statement? (85-87) | ||
| 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? (83-89) | ||
| 4. | Who benefits in a capitalist society for this emphasis on childlike thinness and beauty? (86-87) | ||
| 5. | What function can childlike thinness serve for a victim of sexual abuse? (86) | ||
| 6. | Why is it an advantage of patriarchal power to keep women's self-esteem low? (87) | ||
| 7. | What is your reaction to the video: Gender Gap in Health Research? What did you learn? | ||
| 8. | After hearing the lecture on varieties of feminism, if you are a feminist which variety are you? Why? Describe that variety of feminism. | ||
| 9. | Describe an instance in which you or someone you know overgeneralized, categorized, engaged in emotional reasoning, or was egocentric in their thinking. (P. 59-60) | ||
| 10. | Did you experience or observe "Hostile Hallways?" If so would you be willing to describe the events? (P. 69) | ||
| 11. | What is your reaction to Pipher's Chapter 3: Development issues: "I'm not waving, I'm drowning?" What did you relate to? | ||