Author Question: In her 1949 book, The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir showed that ____. a. sex can be a subject ... (Read 73 times)

elizabeth18 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In her 1949 book, The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir showed that ____.

a. sex can be a subject worthy of medical, scientific, and philosophical debate
b. patriarchy bred violence and forced men to renounce all that is feminine in them
c. educated, bright women felt trapped in the role of housewife and wanted careers to have happier, more fulfilled lives
d. women were not granted an identity of their own but were considered the objects of men's wishes and anxieties

Question 2

The modern gay liberation movement began in 1969 when ____.

a. New York police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar called Stonewall
b. a Newsweek article identified all homosexuals as sex murderers
c. doctors tinkered with a variety of cures, including lobotomies and castration
d. Hollywood purged itself of positive references to homosexuality