Assignment Number 20
Discussion/Writing
Chrisler Chapters 19. Britain Scott, Women and pornography (270-287)
Crawford & Unger. Janice D. Yoder, An academic woman as a token. (260-270)
hooks 14. Liberating marriage and partnership. (78-84)		 Student Name _____________________
Date due: 4-19-05
Psychology 358
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
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Spacing. Papers must be typed, double spaced.
8-1/2 X 11 paper. In order to make handling papers easy and to ensure that none are misplaced, all papers are expected to be 8-1/2 X 11 inches, stapled, and with no torn, spiral notebook edges.
Please staple the questions to your answers or write out the questions as well as the answers. Having the questions available will facilitate class discussion.
1.

What was your reaction to the video: Grassroots: Guide to Feminist Action? Did it give you ideas for your own social activism? Explain.
2. How is pornography defined by Dworkin and MacKinnon (1988)? Do you agree with that definition and the exclusion of other sexually explicit material from such an ordinance? (293-294)
3. In what way did legal scholar Kathleen Lahey (1991) criticize studies of pornography? Do you agree/disagree? Why? (296 and 299)
4. What is your position regarding pornography and free speech? Why? (304-307)
5. In "An Academic Woman as a Token, do you think writing her own story in a psychology journal contributes to empowering herself and others? Explain. What was your reaction to the article? (260-270)
6. Describe a situation in which you experienced tokenism. Explain how you experienced the three consequences of tokenism. How did you feel? (260-270)
7. What did you learn and what did you like in the hooks article "Liberating marriage and partnership? (78-84)