The underlined key terms most relate to domesticity. The excerpt describes the idealized image of the suburban housewife, focusing on her roles and responsibilities within the home and her fulfillment derived from domestic life.
Read the following excerpt from Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique.
The suburban housewife—she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife—freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother. She was healthy, beautiful, educated, concerned only about her husband, her children, her home. She had found true feminine fulfillment.
The underlined key terms most relate to what issue?
employment
education
psychology
domesticity
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Read the excerpt from the play Trifles, by Susan Glaspell.
COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician). And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? (The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes a dipperful of water from the pail and, pouring it into a basin, washes his hands. Starts to wipe them on the roller-towel, turns it for a cleaner place.) Dirty towels! (Kicks his foot against the pans under the sink.) Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?
The excerpt contributes most to which feminist theme?
Women artists face difficult paths when pursuing careers.
Women need to feel they are determining their own fate.
Women are often expected to conform to roles set by society.
Women often suffer great abuses in male-dominated societies.
COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician). And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? (The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes a dipperful of water from the pail and, pouring it into a basin, washes his hands. Starts to wipe them on the roller-towel, turns it for a cleaner place.) Dirty towels! (Kicks his foot against the pans under the sink.) Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?
The excerpt contributes most to which feminist theme?
Women artists face difficult paths when pursuing careers.
Women need to feel they are determining their own fate.
Women are often expected to conform to roles set by society.
Women often suffer great abuses in male-dominated societies.
The excerpt contributes most to the feminist theme that women are often expected to conform to roles set by society. The dialogue reflects the condescension that men often had toward women and their domestic roles, with the county attorney's comments pointing to societal expectations regarding women's housekeeping and domestic duties.
Read the excerpt from The Feminine Mystique.
“If I have only one life, let me live it as a blonde,” a larger-than-life-sized picture of a pretty, vacuous woman proclaimed from newspaper, magazine, and drugstore ads. And across America, three out of every ten women dyed their hair blonde. They ate a chalk called Metrecal, instead of food, to shrink to the size of the thin young models. Department-store buyers reported that American women, since 1939, had become three and four sizes smaller.
The underlined terms in this excerpt most relate to which issue?
societal pressure on women to look a certain way
societal pressure on women to be content and fulfilled
societal pressure on women to forgo their career aspirations
societal pressure on women to pursue a life in show business
“If I have only one life, let me live it as a blonde,” a larger-than-life-sized picture of a pretty, vacuous woman proclaimed from newspaper, magazine, and drugstore ads. And across America, three out of every ten women dyed their hair blonde. They ate a chalk called Metrecal, instead of food, to shrink to the size of the thin young models. Department-store buyers reported that American women, since 1939, had become three and four sizes smaller.
The underlined terms in this excerpt most relate to which issue?
societal pressure on women to look a certain way
societal pressure on women to be content and fulfilled
societal pressure on women to forgo their career aspirations
societal pressure on women to pursue a life in show business
The underlined terms in this excerpt most relate to societal pressure on women to look a certain way. The excerpt discusses the lengths to which women go to conform to beauty standards, including dyeing their hair and dieting to achieve a specific body size, highlighting the societal pressure regarding appearance.
According to the article "Introduction to Modern Drama Study," which of the following best explains why more women began to emerge as playwrights in the 1960s?
Women became frustrated with the roles they were being forced to play and chose instead to rebel.
Women began to realize that they could take control of their lives and choose how they wanted to live.
Women discovered a real passion for the stage and decided to use it to make a statement about their inferiority.
Women decided that men should not be the only ones to achieve financial success and began to pursue careers.
Women became frustrated with the roles they were being forced to play and chose instead to rebel.
Women began to realize that they could take control of their lives and choose how they wanted to live.
Women discovered a real passion for the stage and decided to use it to make a statement about their inferiority.
Women decided that men should not be the only ones to achieve financial success and began to pursue careers.
According to the article "Introduction to Modern Drama Study," the statement that best explains why more women began to emerge as playwrights in the 1960s is: Women began to realize that they could take control of their lives and choose how they wanted to live. This reflects the broader social changes and rising feminist movements during that time, which empowered women to express themselves creatively and redefine their roles in society.