1. What evidence does Andrea C. Poe provide to support her claim that women are the victims of sexism? What evidence does Christina Hoff Sommers offer to support the opposite view? Whose argument is more convincing, and why?
2. Ida L. Castro and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese both utilize statistics to support their arguments about women’s equality within the workplace. List the statistics provided by each of these authors. Do they contradict each other? Whose use of statistics is more persuasive? Explain your answer.
3. Germaine Greer argues that societal standards of beauty harm women. Karen Lehrman, in contrast, maintains that these standards can actually help women. Explain the arguments offered by these authors. Which do you agree with more, and why? What is your response to Lehrman’s claim that society will always have standards of beauty for women?
4. Based on what you have read in this...