| Assignment Number 7 Discussion/Writing Chrisler Chapter 6. Christine A. Smith. Women, weight, and body image.(76-93) Crawford & Unger. Nellie Wong, When I was growing up. (91-92) hooks Introduction. (vii-x) hooks 1. Feminist politics: Where we stand. (1-6) Pipher 4. Families--The root systems (74-100) |
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| 1. | What was your reaction to the video and web site on the Equal Rights Amendment? Why do you think it hasn't been ratified? | ||
| 2. | What was your reaction to the video on Wynona Ward, Lawyer: Have Justice Will Travel? What do think was especially important? | ||
| 3. | 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) | ||
| 4. | 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) | ||
| 5. | 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) | ||
| 6. | Who benefits in a capitalist society for this emphasis on childlike thinness and beauty? (86-87) | ||
| 7. | What function can childlike thinness serve for a victim of sexual abuse? (86) | ||
| 8. | Why is it an advantage of patriarchal power to keep women's self-esteem low? (87) | ||
| 9. | What is your reaction to "When I was growing up?" What have you experienced that might be similar? (91-92) | ||
| 10. | What did you learn from the bell hooks Introduction? how will you use Feminism is for Everybody in your life? (vii-x) | ||
| 11. | According to bell hooks what is feminism? Are you a feminist in these terms? (1-2) | ||
| 12. | At the end of the chapter, what are bell hooks' recommendations for feminism. Do you agree? Explain. (1-6) | ||
| 13. | What was your reaction to the Mary Pipher chapter on families? What did you especially relate to? Explain. | ||