Study Questions Number 21 Chrisler Chapter 20. Geraldine B. Stahly, Battered women: Why don't they just leave? (310-330) Crawford & Unger. Part 5. Making a difference. (271-272) Crawford & Unger. Ellen Neuborne, Imagine my surprise. (273-277) Pipher 14. Let a thousand flowers bloom. (260-281) hooks 15. A feminist sexual politic: An ethics of mutual freedom. (85-90)

Name _____________________ Date: 4-21-05 Psychology 358 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

1.	How much of a problem is violence against women? Explain. What effect does this violence have on children? (311)
2.	What effect does this violence have on children? On children after they have grown up? (311-313)
3.	What is the subculture-of-violence hypothesis? What is the status of the subculture-of-violence hypothesis? The social perception that violence is "normative" only for certain stigmatized groups had what effects? (314-15)
4.	How does Freudian theory treat battered women? What is the feminist critique of Freudian theory in this regard? (315-6)
5.	How does Family Systems Theory treat battered women? What is the feminist critique of Family Systems Theory in this regard? (315-316)
6.	How does "coresponsibility and "codependency" theory treat battered women? What is the feminist critique of "coresponsibility and "codependency" theory? (315-6)
7.	According to feminist theories about the causes of battered women, intimate relationships are based on a value structure. What is that value structure? How does it relate to patriarchy? What are the consequences? (316-7)
8.	The classic work of Lenore Walker (1979) gave the first detailed analysis of the psychosocial forces that may trap a woman in a battering relationship. Describe that theory and each of its components. (317-9)
9.	Explain how Learned Helplessness theory applies to battered women. (319-20)
10.	Explain what happens when individuals find their survival depends on placating a violent, hostile, unpredictable aggressor. (320-1)
11.	Describe what happens to self esteem and self-confidence in situations of battered women. (321-2)
12.	What affect does a woman's passive and dependent behavior have on her batterer? (322)
13.	What happens when the battered woman leaves? Explain. (323-325)
14.	In Smart Girls, Gifted Women, Barbara Kerr described the experiences of girls who grew into strong women. What did these women have in common? (266-7)
15.	"Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom" told the story of five strong young women. Who were they? What did they do? What lesson is there from these stories? (281)
16.	According to hooks, what obstacles to females expressing sexual desire risks being buried in historical memory? (86)
17.	hooks stated that feminist interrogations of sexuality were all tied to a question of power. What did she mean by that? What are some examples she used to buttress her argument? (88-89)
18.	What are the sexist beliefs about sexuality that hooks asserts must be given up in order to have a truly liberated sexuality? (90-91)
19.	Women would only be truly sexually liberated when we arrived at a place where we could see ourselves having what? (90-92)