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Do you believe women should be members of the armed forces with combat duty? Explain your answer using specific supporting evidence to support your answer. |
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According to Harriet Taylor Mill, the true question that needs to be answered is:..."whether it is right and expedient that one-half of the human race should pass through a life in a state of subordination to the other half"? Do you see strength or weakness in her statement? Refer to "Enfranchisement of Women" and support your opinion with direct examples. |
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Consider the setting and time of "Mona Lisa Smile". In 1953, what were the expectations of women in society? Compare what opportunities were available to women in 1953 to what is available to women in today's society. Refer back to cultural relativism (Chapter 3) and substantiate the positions in each era of time. |
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Do you see women successfully seeking the office of President of the United States? In answering this question, refer to the First-, Second- and Third-Wave Feminism. How does the position of each of these support or discredit your opinion? |
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Does sexual equality exist in our society? In answering this question, consider whether or not cultural equality exists, whether social equality exists, and whether biological equality exists. |
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What is your interpretation of the following statement? "Looking for actual equality is one thing, and perhaps a positive one, but if we intend our policy of gender equality to rest on a foundation of what we think is actual, biological equality, then we may be in trouble…" |
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Refer to Box 12.3: Women in Combat? After reading both sides of the argument, determine which side is the better argument. Use specific examples to support your opinion. |
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Explain what Joyce Trebilcot believes to be two (2) versions of androgynism, monoandrogynism and polyandrogynism. |
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What is your opinion of same sex marriages? When answering this question, make reference to the opinion held in some European countries as well as the United States, reference the differences in our own fifty (50) states. |
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