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This 4 page paper describes the questions a student might ask an older woman in an interview about her life, and how to evaluate her responses, taking into account Frye's theories on oppression and McIntosh's thinking about white privilege. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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interpreting the results correctly also requires skill. This paper considers questions a student might ask of a woman 50 years of age or older, what her answers might be, and
how to interpret them, based on Frye and McIntoshs theories of oppression and privilege. Discussion The first thing the student will want to note is that the assignment specifically mentions
that the subject must be a woman, 50 or older. There is obviously a reason for this, so the first thing to do is consider what this subject might be
like, and what she might have experienced. First, she will have been born in 1956 or earlier, before women were in the work force in large numbers, before the first
space flight (in 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space), before personal computers, the Internet; even before jet passenger planes were commonplace. She will have seen the beginnings
of the Womens Movement and the Civil Rights Movement and the development of a technological civilization and globalization. She has lived through what is probably the most innovative 50 years
in human history. There is far too much material to cover, so the questions will have to be chosen carefully. Reflection might lead the student to consider questions about her
experience as a woman in the workforce, her thoughts about the struggle for civil rights, and technology as perhaps the most appropriate. This is a very rich field and there
is no wrong choice. But lets go with these. Lets have the student ask her questions like these: "Do you feel you have been given appropriate opportunities for advancement in
your career?" (If she is not a working woman, obviously a different set of questions will have to be devised.) "Have you ever been sexually harassed at work?" "Do you
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