Section I. 

1. True/False According to the text Thesis #7: “Capitalism tries to regulate sexuality. We want to liberate it.”

2. True/False According to the text in Thesis #8: “Capitalism was born from racist and colonial violence. Feminism for the 99% is anti-racist and anti-imperialist.”

3. True/False According to the text in Thesis #2: “Liberal feminism is bankrupt. It’s time to get over it.”

Section II.

In 1 – 3, and in 4 – 6, explain at least three features of each kind of feminism: “FEMINISM for the 99%”

“FEMINISM for the “1%”” (or the more affluent/mainstream, etc.)

Explain at least three features of neoliberalism (being sure to explain them in your own words):

Explain at least two reasons the authors use the term “predatory” for contemporary forms of capitalism:

Section III.

1. What do the authors mean by the recent developments of new strikes, and how are these different from some traditional strikes?

2. Explain one positive aspect of Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean in Feminism” (from our discussions in class).

3. Explain one way that the text critiques Sandberg’s “Lean In Feminism.”

Section IV.

1. a. What do the authors mean by “social reproduction”?

   b. What is some of the work covered under the term “social reproduction”?

   c. How is such work often gendered? (Who does what labor, or is assumed to be responsible for what labor?)

   d. How do dominant capitalist systems benefit from the often unpaid or underpaid work of “social reproduction”?

2. How do the authors relate domestic violence to overall patterns of dominant economic and political systems? (Hint: they describe “public violence” and “private violence.”)

3. Do the authors think domestic violence can be solved by more aggressive policing and stricter laws? Why or why not? If not, what is at least one idea about something that could help?

DETAILED ASSIGNMENT

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