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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the findings of the 1987 survey conducted by Fortune magazine on the issue of "bailing out," the term used to describe female MBA students opting for less demanding careers to concentrate on marriage and family?

2. Unmarried, childless after forty, hooked on work, a 1970s feminist and the third generation in her family to have a low view of "traditional femininity." This is Faludi's description of which market research trend executive?

3. Which female executive is quoted as saying she hopes companies can treat "career-and-family women" more leniently than "career-primary" women?

4. According to Faludi, thirty years of data show that men suffer __________ __________ than do women.

5. Backlash is written in which decade?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the implications of the misinformation perpetuated by the Harvard study.

2. Chronicle the evolution of Ms. magazine in the 1980s.

3. The New Right attempts to denounce day care; however, what does the evidence and data suggest?

4. Contrast the media's transition from applauding "brave" relationship choices in the 1970s to the position the media outlets took to address this issue in the 1980s.

5. Explain why the media would not focus on feminist issues such as jobs, equal pay, or coeducation but would instead give heavy coverage to protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras.

6. Discuss three instances in which Faludi uses personification in her description of the backlash.

7. Summarize three ways in which Felice Schwartz affects the feminist movement.

8. Who is Dr. Robert Harvey and why is he discussed in the chapter on the cosmetic industry?

9. What role does Women's Wear Daily play between the fashion industry and the feminist movement?

10. What are the implications of the findings that a divorce may not have as lasting a financial impact on women and that men are more likely to suffer greater psychological impact than women following a divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The movie Fatal Attraction is used in Chapter 5 to highlight how the backlash is served by Hollywood. Analyze five points made by Faludi to support her perspective and discuss why they are valid or invalid.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the entertainment industry and its executives sway public opinion and how they are in turn swayed by public opinion.

Essay Topic 3

The fight for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a long and bitter one according to Faludi's account of the issue. In your own words, summarize the stages of the fight. Discuss the implications this amendment would have had on the nation and its workforce.

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