| Assignment Number 4 Discussion/Writing Chrisler 3. Poor women in a wealthy nation. (28-43) Crawford & Unger. A word and a kindness. (22-34) Crawford & Unger. Claiming the right to know: A personal history. (35-39) Pipher 2. Theoretical issues--For your own good. (29-44) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 2-3-05 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What was your reaction to the mini-lecture on the Privilege of Voting? How did it affect you? | ||
| 2. | More than 31 million Americans today live below the poverty line, giving the United States a poverty rate of 11.3 percent. How do these women live? Particularly, how do single women live below the poverty line? (28-43) | ||
| 3. | Why is poverty strongly associated with depression and poor health? What impact does depression and poor health have on single mothers? (33-39) | ||
| 4. | Describe Barbara Ehrenreich's (2001) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. What is your reaction to this book? (36-39) | ||
| 5. | What will you do about the problem of poverty and families? (28-43) | ||
| 6. | Why should black female experiences not be romanticized? (33) | ||
| 7. | What have been the reminders of your marginality? (37) | ||
| 8. | What do you think of the personal story by Mary Crawford? What did you learn? (35-39) | ||
| 9. | What do you think about Miller (1981) and Pipher's ( 1994) assertion that adolescent girls disown their true self and adopt a false self? Give an example that supports this theory or one that finds exception to this theory. | ||
| 10. | What was your reaction to Pipher Chapter 2 Theoretical issues--For your own good? What did you relate to? What did you disagree with? | ||
| 11. | What was your reaction to the mini-lecture on empowerment? What did you learn? How did it affect you? | ||