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Question 1. What does the term "double bind" mean, and why do women confront it when they grow older?
Question 2. Why do many gay and transgender activists believe that homophobic hate crimes are much higher in number than those reported to law enforcement agencies? What is a recent hate crime against a transgender person. What did you learn?
Question 3. Despite legal, political, and socioeconomic advances in the treatment of women in American society, why do many Americans still sanction a conservative gender ideology?
Question 4. Define the terms hegemonic masculinity and hegemonic femininity. Give an example of each from your culture.
Question 5. Define "benevolent sexism", "hostile sexism", "prejudice", "homophobia", and "misogyny". In your opinion, which is the most damaging? Explain your answer.
Question 6. lists 8 ways men are oppressed. What is your opinion of these examples? In your opinion, is having power in the first place a form of oppression?
Question 7. What is feminism? What are the negative views of feminism? Why do these views exist? What has feminism accomplished? Is feminism mainstream or still a minority movement?