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Question: 1. Why do you think people continue to adhere to myths about rape and battering? Are these forms of abuse just too terrible to face, so we manufacture false ideas about them? Knowing that these myths exist because somebody believes them, how can you expose and debunk them?

2. Think of a time you interviewed for a job you really wanted. It could be any kind of job-paper route, babysitter, part-time wait-person, and so on. Now imagine yourself in that interview, but as a member of the opposite sex. Would the person who interviewed you treat you any differently? If so, how so? Do you think your sex had anything to do with getting or not getting that job?

3. What is gender-based violence? Why does it occur?

4. What theories help explain why there is so much intimate partner violence directed against women especially? Consider those that have to do with (1) the social and cultural environment; (2) characteristics of the perpetrator; and (3) characteristics of the victim.

5. What are some of the problems associated with trying to define the following types of gender-based violence clearly? (a) Rape. (b) Sexual harassment. How would you define these terms?

6. What is the sexual right-of-way and how is it related to gender-based violence?

7. What stand(s) should feminists take on pornography?

8. How is social welfare policy related to the sex/gender system and gender norms?