Woman Studies Questions

This week, these are the tasks you need to complete for the week's assignments:

1. read chpt 5 in our Hunter text

2. read the articles on welfare queens, third world women, and on the veil for Islamic women

3. View Videos from the Economist on women in other countries

4. View the TED talk "The Danger of a Single Story"

HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE BOOK YOU NEED GO THERE AND DOWNLOAD THE BOOK AND ANSWER! http://rapidshare.com/files/4045469388/%5BHunter_College_Women's_Studies_Collective__%C3%9Clk%C3%BC(Bookos.org).pdf

QUESTIONS! Provide answers with numbers in the front like the questions.

1) After reading the chapter on diversity among women in our Hunter text, please answer question 3 and 4 on page 163. Have negative stereotypes of women affected you in any way in your life?

2) Read the articles on "Welfare queens" and minority athletes (Not a generational thing) that are posted in the RESERVED READING section. Then write about what negative stereotypes do you see at work, and how do they help reinforce the dominant class's power? Do you feel there is resistance to these images? What could be done to combat them?

3) After watching the videos on Islamic women and the burqua and the veil what are some reasons for their wearing the traditional costume? What do you think should be our attitude towards wearing this traditional costume on US/European soil? What factors have to be balanced while formulating a public policy on it? LINKS FOR VIDEO HERE >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb5o2AHIxzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9AdvDaLmA

4) In this video, a Nigerian woman writer Chimamanda Adichie talks about her life growing up and the lessons she learned about diversity and finding her individual and cultural voice. She warns if we hear only a single story about another person, group or country, we risk not only misunderstanding the story about also contributing to injustice and oppression. How does her argument about the danger of a single story relate to the view of feminism in our society? LINK FOR VDEO>>> http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html