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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 percentage of younger women feel more akin to NOW than to either political party?

2. Beverly LaHaye founds Concerned Women for America (CWA); her husband Tim LaHaye is co-founder of which organization?

3. Christine Craft is demoted for which of the following reasons?

4. Which of the following women is one of the co-authors of the book No More Lonely Nights?

5. Which of the following claims to be the "media's number one psychologist," broadcasting live, nationwide, from Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly chronicle George Gilder's career in the feminist movement.

2. The media is highlighted as a field in which women see some of the worst progress. What evidence does Faludi use to support her claim?

3. In her tone and word use, Faludi defends Carol Gilligan as an unlucky researcher whose work is misused to support the backlash. Give three examples of where Faludi's tone or word use convey this message.

4. Identify two of the books listed in this chapter that focus on women getting married. Explain why the focus of these books is not helpful to women.

5. Provide a chronological discussion of how women and feminists battle against the American Psychiatric Association as it considers adding the term masochism to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1985.

6. Michael Levin and his wife Margarita Levin are highlighted as examples of a couple who espouse anti-feminist views while benefiting from feminist thoughts and perspectives. In what ways does Faludi believe this is seen in their lives?

7. Summarize the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. battle with the EEOC?

8. In their advice manuals, Smart Women/Foolish Choices and Women Men Love/Women Men Leave, Melvin Kinder and Connell Cowan provide advice that is harmful to women. Give some examples of this advice and why it is harmful to women?

9. Summarize the case of Angela Carder.

10. According to Faludi, why are men like John Willke and Randall Terry engaged in the fight against abortion.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout her book, Faludi presents backlash supporters who bash the feminist movement while enjoying its benefits. She seems to make the issue black or white asserting that if a person does not support the movement entirely, then he/she is a hypocrite for taking actions that could be supported by feminists. Is this an appropriate position for Faludi to take? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the trend of "fetal protection" and why it is practiced by such a wide cross section of companies, doctors, lawyers, and court systems. Does it have implications for men and non-child-bearing women? If so, how? What are the implications of this trend on society as a whole?

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