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Short answer: Select 4 of the 6 following options and provide a brief but detailed response. Indicate which options you have chosen. (3 pts. each) What is the “second shift?” Why would comparing Evan, or any man, to other men not really be a “fair” comparison to make? And what is a second-shift fetish? Although women live longer than men, they are sick more often. How can these two pieces of information both be true?  Explain several reasons. Describe the four sexist uses/areas of psychotherapy named by the APA Task Force on Gender Bias. Explain several ways that you could apply feminist therapy to an African American male client. While gender differences in ability are small, gender differences in CHOICES are comparatively large. Describe several of the gender differences in choices. Why does this happen? In what ways have we (US society) experienced gender convergence (list and explain several)? Besides differences in choices, are there any other areas of true differences between men and women (if so, explain them)?

Define feminism (don’t copy from the true/false section – that’s not what I’m looking for).

In terms of their marriage ideologies, Nancy (from the book Chapter) was initially [b1] ,whereas Evan was initially [b2].

According to research, on average, maternal employment is bad for children.

What trend has occurred in relation to the gender segregation of jobs?

Fighting and physical cruelty are characteristic of the “give ‘em hell” component of the male gender role and 

Women receive more reinforcement for adopting masculine behaviors than men receive for adopting feminine behaviors.

The [b1] [b2] is a term used to refer to the subtle (or invisible) barrier of discrimination that prevents women and ethnic minorities from advancing to high-level jobs.

The history of feminist therapy can be traced to

Given your answer to the last true/false statement from the multiple-choice section, why is that the case?