Discussion questions for “Taking Women Students Seriously” by Adrienne Rich
(The Reader, pg. 273)
1) In the beginning of her essay, Rich states that her experience at an all girls’ school was that her teachers gave her great “content” (hard skills, actual booklearnin’) but that they didn’t teach the girls how to “survive as women in a world organized by and for men” (soft skills, in my opinion). Later in her essay, she hints at some ways that teachers can give women more soft skills in education. What are they? How crucial do you think they are? Are they still relevant to today’s students? (Her speech was given in ’78, remember).
2) Rich outlines the questions for teachers, and makes it clear that she feels issues of race and class are pretty much the same as issues of gender, with regard to discrimination in the university setting. Do you agree? What are some key similarities or differences that you feel are important? Does the university still have work to do in remedying this area?
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