| Assignment Number 13 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 12. Life as a lesbian (162-177). 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) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 3-10-05 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What was your reaction to the discussion by Dr. Mary Lee Vance? What did you find to be particularly important? | ||
| 2. | Why do statements like "Is it possible your heterosexuality is just a phase you may outgrow?" so absurd? How have these stereotypes been used? (171-173) | ||
| 3. | What does it mean to say that such heterosexist bias perpetuates the invisibility of lesbian existence? What are the implications? (172) | ||
| 4. | What lessons have you obtained from this Chrisler "Life as a lesbian" article for your own life? You need not be lesbian or female to find applications in this article for your own personal growth. | ||
| 5. | In Feminist Class Struggle, what is the problem that hooks discusses? What are the past failures of the feminist movement? What is her recommendation? (37-43) | ||
| 6. | What do you believe it means when Michelle Fine (Coping with rape) states that "psychologists have an obligation to expose the dialectics of psychological control and structural control? (173-174) | ||
| 7. | Explain how (Coping with rape) "Efforts to fix people and not change structures, many of these options reinforce the recipient's low power position" is an example of the personal is the political. (174) | ||
| 8. | What did you learn from the Michele Fine Coping With Rape article that is particularly useful or enlightening for you? | ||
| 9. | What was your reaction to Mary's Pipher's chapter on drugs and alcohol? | ||
| 10. | In Mary Pipher's chapter on drugs and alcohol, she quotes Robert E. Lee as saying the best message to teach the young is "Deny thyself." What is your reaction to that message? | ||