TASK
- How does the chapter by Jane Ward complicate our understanding of “straight” sexuality? What does Ward discuss that might lead us to think that human sexuality is more complex that we are led to believe?
- Briefly describe the three “waves” of feminism? What does it mean to say that we are in a “post-feminist” time? What are some of the different ways in which sexism affects women? Using the work of bell hooks, explain how feminism as a “movement to end sexism” might be a useful way forward from the second wave.
- [Cumulative Question] What is the role of the media in maintaining US norms around policing and the military? Provide examples. For both (policing and US militarism/nationalism) what is the purpose (or function) and what are the consequences of the dominant media view? Connect your response to at least two aspects of the course we discussed earlier in the semester.
