Questions for September 15
  1. Why, according to Sapiro, should we look at the international condition of women if what we're really studying is the condition of women in America?
  2. Explain the difference between “female genital mutilation” and “female circumcision.”
  3. Outline Sapiro's 4–point series of questions that she suggests we use to compare the theoretical approaches she outlines for understanding “women's situation at the societal level.”
  4. According to Aristotle, what did he see as the main difference between men and women?
  5. Explain the concept of “correlation does not necessarily indicate causation.”
  6. If sex is physiological, how does Sapiro see gender?
  7. Explain the distinction between sex differences and gender differences. Why is it difficult to distinguish between these differences?
  8. Give a brief summary of each of Sapiro's 6 theoretical approaches that attempt to explain “women's situation at the societal level.”
  9. Explain how “social Darwinism became an important justification of racism, class exploitation, and imperialism.”
  10. According to Marx and Engels, when did women's subordinate status first begin?
  11. Explain how the division of labor can easily lead to the division of power and control.
  12. Explain the “cult of true womanhood.”
  13. Accoding to hooks, what is the problem of an “anything goes” approach to the definition of feminism?
  14. How does hooks define feminism?
  15. Why does hooks critique the notion that “the personal is political”?
  16. Instead of saying “I am a feminist,” what does hooks suggest we say and why?
  17. What was the 19th Amendment and when was it passed?
  18. Upon which document did Elizabeth Cady Stanton base her Declaration of Sentiments?
  19. What is Sojourner Truth's point in repeatedly asking in her speech, ain't I a woman?
  20. To what do John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor compare what a good marriage can be like?
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