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Internet Exerices1. Read the article about the Tlingit Barbie at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/barb21.shtml- Does the Tlingit Barbie reflect the role of women in Tlingit culture?
- In you opinion, does the Tlingit Barbie serve a positive purpose? Why/why not?
- If you were asked to participate in a focus group to design a Tongan Barbie, what points would you want to make?
2. Read the article "Neoliberalism Through the Eyes of Women", at http://www.focusweb.org/publications/2001/neoliberalism-through-the-eyes-of-women.html- What specific problems do the authors identify as coming from neoliberalism?
- How, according to the authors, is neoliberalism experienced differently by men and by women?
- What solutions do the authors propose?
- What is the role of the United States in the situation described by the authors?
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