All the questions are for each reading. So the questions (general and specific) are going to be answered three times
Answer these questions fro each reading: (3 readings)
• Women, Law, and Social Policy
• Women and the Law
• First and Second Wave of Feminism
General: 1) What are the major points or themes of the essay/article/chapter?
2) What are some significant passages that support the main themes of the essay/article/chapter?
3) What are the strengths and weaknesses of the essay/article/chapter?
4) In what ways does this reading connect to what we’ve read in this class before?
6) What were my first impressions and personal responses of the reading?
7) How does the reading relate to my own ethnicity, class, and gender experiences?
8) In what ways can I link the reading to the contemporary world?
9) What interesting fact or significant idea from this text would I choose to share with a relative or friend?
Here are the specific questions for the reading "Women, the Law, and Social Policy"
1- What law protects someone from retaliation for speaking about sex discrimination?
2- What are some issues commonly associated with notion’s of women’s legal rights?
3-How did women originally exist within the constitution? 4- Define “coverture”. What are its implications?
5- When was marital rape consider illegal in the U.S.?
The other two readings don't have the specific questions yet, so you can skip that part for "Women and the Law" and "First and Second Wave of Feminism".