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Womanists address issues that affect working and lower-class women.

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Which antifeminist movement advocated the return to traditional values,attitudes,and roles,and was most often supported by women who were economically dependent on their husbands who embraced conservative values?


A) STOP ERA
B) Fascinating Womanhood
C) Surrendered Wife
D) Backlash
E) Both B and C

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Define the following -Third-wave feminism

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Third-wave feminism includes women of diverse ethnicities,abilities,classes,appearances,sexual orientations,and gender identities.Third-wave feminism is characterized by a recognition of intersectionality,the building of coalitions and alliances,acts of everyday resistance,cultivating media savvy,acceptance of consumerism,and an emphasis on individualism.

Describe separatism and why it is limited in its power as a feminist movement.

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Separatism developed to give women oppor...

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Revalorists choose to leave mainstream society and form separate communities that value women and are in harmony with nature.

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Which of the following are accomplishments of the National Organization for Women (NOW) ?


A) advocacy for the prohibition of sex discrimination by federal contractors
B) the documentation of sexism in the media
C) advocacy for the reformation of banking and credit practices that disadvantage women
D) highlighting gender inequality across the globe
E) all of the above

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Define the following -Liberal feminist ideology

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This feminist ideology asserts that men and women are alike and equal in most respects.Liberal feminism is an example of a movement predicated on this philosophy.

Multiracial femininsts argue that gender cannot be understood separate from other issues including race,ethnicity,class,sexual orientation,etc.

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What types of strategies were used by the first wave of women's rights activists in the United States?


A) riots
B) nonviolent protests and hunger strikes
C) pamphlets
D) violent protests
E) all of the above

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Women burned their bras to protest the Miss America pageant in 1968.

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This feminist movement believes the key to understanding gender and identity is best understood by examining the intersection of key elements of identity like gender,race-ethnicity,sexual orientation,and economic class.This best describes which branch of feminism?


A) lesbian feminism
B) revalorism
C) womanism
D) multiracial feminism
E) none of the above

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Which wave of feminism focuses on intersectionality,coalitions and alliances,everyday resistance,media savvy,consumerism,and individualism?


A) third wave
B) second wave
C) first wave
D) power feminism
E) none of these

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Some second-wave feminists have criticized the younger generation of third-wave feminists for being too focused on consumerism and lacking a clear central message.Based on the characteristics of the movement described in your textbook,do you think these criticisms are valid? Why or why not? What are the differing motivations behind the two waves that could account for this criticism?

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Radical feminists were the first to declare that "the personal is political."

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Power feminism claims that women identifying as victims so frequently is part of the reason women are disadvantaged.

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Explain the unique contributions of the women's rights movement and the cult of domesticity movement to first-wave feminism.

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The women's rights movement focused on g...

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Define the following -NOW

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The National Organization for Women was ...

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Some third-wave feminists embrace sexiness and femininity as part of being empowered.What is your position on this issue? Defend your stance.

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Define the following -"Ain't I a Woman?"

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Speech given by Sojourner Trut...

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What was/were the goal/s of the first wave of the women's rights movement?


A) woman suffrage-the right to vote
B) women's right to higher education
C) women's right to work in the professions
D) women's right to own property
E) all of the above

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