Assignment Number 21 |
Student
Name _____________________ Date due: 4-21-05 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| Late papers. Unexcused late papers may be turned in for one-half credit for the written portion of the assignment. |
| 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. | "Why does a battered woman Stay?" can have multiple meanings. What are those meanings? Why do you think it is important for us, as feminists, to understand the various meanings of that question? (312-313) | ||
| 2. | Under common law, the married woman and the children she bore were the property of the man. (313-314) What influences do you believe this cultural belief might still have on women and children today? Explain. | ||
| 3. | What differences are there between race and class in acceptance of wife battering? What differences are there in arrest and incarceration between race and class? How do you feel about that? (314-5) | ||
| 4. | How do feminist theorists view violence against women? What is your reaction to that perspective? (316-7) | ||
| 5. | According to feminist theories, why do women stay in abusive relationships? What is your reaction to that position? (317) | ||
| 6. | What will you say to someone who argues that problems of social inequality have largely been resolved? (272) | ||
| 7. | Have you ever had an experience like the ones Ellen Neuborne describes, of being silenced through sexist "programming?" Describe an instance. What will you do in the future? (273-277) | ||
| 8. | In "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, Pipher said that "Margaret was exceptional in her resistance to an environment where she was devalued and objectified. Betty Friedan would call it fighting against "the problem with no name." What are Pipher and Friedan talking about? What is your reaction to the discussion of "the problem with no name?" (263-264) | ||
| 9. | According to hooks, why is testimony needed about the sexual pathologies and horrors women endured prior to the existence of dependable birth control? In what ways were men a threat? What effects would ending legal abortion have on female sexuality? (85-86) | ||
| 10. | What do you believe a liberatory sexual practice would look like? (90-92) | ||