Read from Betty Friedan’s 1963 classic, The Feminine Mystique her first chapter,which is widely credited with igniting Second Wave Feminism. Answer the following questions about it:Then, read bell hooks’s chapter, from her massively influential 1984 text, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. for a bit of biographical info on bell hooks, and what’s up with her interesting, lower-case name). Answer the following questions about it: What is the “problem that has no name?” Friedan writes: “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. As a housewife and mother, she was respected as a full and equal partner to man in his world. She was free to choose automobiles, clothes, appliances, supermarkets; she had everything that women ever dreamed of” (18). We’ve seen irony quite a bit lately (yellow wallpaper) anyone?)… What is the potential irony brought up here in this quote? What problems do you see with Friedan’s analysis? What potential critiques do you anticipate? for a bit of biographical info on bell hooks, and what’s up with her interesting, lower-case name). Answer the following questions about it: Describe bell hooks’s writing style, exemplified in particular with her story from pages 13-14. What is the effect of this style – how does it influence or shape your reading? In this chapter, hooks famously confronts Friedan’s Feminine Mystique head-on: what is her critique? Cite/quote from hooks to back this up. Do you think hooks unfairly dismisses the plight of Friedan’s “unhappy housewife?” Why or why not? What is hooks’s point when she argues, “Racism abounds in the writings of white feminists, reinforcing white supremacy and negating the possibility that women will bond politically across ethnic and racial boundaries” (3)? Lastly, connect the work bell hooks does in this writing to Sojourner Truth’s speech, "aint I a woman" Actions What do the words of these two Black women tell us about their roles in the history of feminism?

Video URL: https://www.amazon.com/The-Dictators-Playbook/dp/B07N7VFCQD Watch the entire video on Benito Mussolini (noted in the Required Resources). Identify and describe 3 aspects of the video you found most interesting that align with each of the following: Foreign policy. Violent and/or non-violent movements for social, economic, and political change Governmental authority/loss of personal liberties Conduct additional research to provide an analysis of those 3 aspects. What information did you find that the video left out? How did the video enhance your understanding of those aspects?

Methods II Preview Assignment (Worth 40 Points) You will read a paper written by an actual Research Methods and Design II student from a prior semester. This paper includes two studies the student conducted, with Study One introducing the main variables and Study Two offering an extension with replication of Study One. Your job is to read the whole paper and then complete the following (copy your answers and paste them into the assignment dropbox on Blackboard by the due date – You can find an example of what I am looking for in Blackboard as well): Title Page (2 points) For your title page, follow the same guidelines as your article critique paper. You can include the same title and header as the study you are looking at, but make sure to put YOUR OWN NAME as the author. Your assignment should be in APA format in all respects (appropriate headers with running head and page numbers; correct references where needed; correct alignment of the headings, subheadings, fonts, spacing, etc.) In Part One, I want you to answer the following (2 points for each question, or 18 points total): What is the hypothesis for study one? Please give me both the null and alternative hypotheses when you answer this questionWhat is the independent variable(s) for study one? Make sure you tell me how many IVs there are and how many levels there are for each IVWhat is the dependent variable(s) for study one? Note: there are several of these, so focus on the ones the author analyzed. What did they find in study one? Give the general outcomeWhat is the hypothesis for study two? Please give me both the null and alternative hypotheses when you answer this questionWhat is the independent variable(s) for study two? Make sure you tell me how many IVs there are and how many levels there are for each IVWhat is the dependent variable(s) for study two? Note: there are several of these, so focus on the ones the author analyzed. What did they find in study two? Give the general outcomeI want you to review the references and spot the reference(s) that is (are) not in APA format and rewrite it for me according to APA rules. Note: there may be as few as zero and as many as ten incorrect references, so make sure to look at them all! In Part Two, write an abstract for the paper! This should be fairly easy, as you can paraphrase the information from Part One. However, this time you need to write it in one short paragraph (150 to 200 word maximum!). Note: there are two studies, and you have to mention both. Yes, this is tough, but authors often summarize (in the same short abstract) papers that they wrote that may include six or seven different studies! My suggestion is to find the overlap between both studies and discuss both simultaneously. For example, “Both studies looked at X, but study two also examined Y.” Make sure your abstract starts at the top of its own page (it should be all on its own). Your abstract should include the following (2 points each, or 14 points total): Include the word “Abstract” at the top of your abstractIdentify the general problem or research question (the hypotheses) for both studies. Note the participants for both studiesNote the IVs and DVs for the studiesNote the findings for both studies Note the overall conclusions / implications of the two studiesPlease include keywords for the study (at least 5 keywords or phrases – these are not included in the total word count) Writing Quality (6 points) Avoid run-on sentences, sentence fragments, spelling errors, and grammar errors.The writing should be PERFECT here. You will lose a point for each writing error, so proofread, proofread, and proofread some more! Get a group member to review it for you! Review their abstract! Total points possible: 40 points Other guidelines for the Abstract Assignment Upload your paper through available assignment blackboard link This is an individual assignment, but you can get a group member to review it for you.