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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "acting out" mean in psycho-therapeutic terms?

2. How much of all advertising budget is spent to appeal to women?

3. The most challenging and time consuming tasks of housework can be handled in capacity by a(n) ______________.

4. Who wrote the famous study in maternal overprotection?

5. Who was always blamed for the neurosis of men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can a woman's husband act as an anchor within the feminine mystique? Is this intentional? How is it ultimately the woman's decision to go back to school and continue her education? What things prevent her from doing so?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of women in today's world. Has the image of women through societies' eyes changed much in the last fifty to sixty years? If so, how, if not, hypothesize on why not.

Essay Topic 3

How did Mrs. Friedan practice what she preached? How was she an equal victim of the discrimination against women, and what private battles did she herself face in the years following the publishing of the "Feminine Mystique"?

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