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According to Chimamanda, in the Introduction to the book, if you follow her suggestions, your child will surely turn out to be a feminist. True or False. Why?
False, because according to the author, life does its thing and what matters is to try
That "I matter equally." Not ‘if only’. Not ‘as long as’. I matter equally. Full stop.
What is the second feminist premise the author shares with her friend?
The second tool is a question: can you reverse X and get the same results?
What does the author think about raising children today?
That we should have more honest conversations and raise children differently, according to those conversations, of course.
What is it that the author suggest her friend to trust more than anything else?
Her instincts: "trust your instincts above all else, because you will be guided by your love for your child."
What does it mean, according to the book, to "be a full person."?
It means not abandoning one's job or not devoting oneself, as a woman, to become exclusively a mother full-time.
What does the author say about women's jobs in terms of love and lifestyle?
That you teach a lesson on loving what you do, or at least loving what your job allows you to do. "Never apologize for working. You love what you do, and loving what you do is a great gift to give your child. You don’t even have to love your job; you can merely love what your job does for you – the confidence and self-fulfillment that come with doing and earning.
Because not only did mothers farm and trade before British colonialism, trading was exclusively done by women in some parts of Igboland.
What does the author say is more important than others' opinions and about work and motherhood?
What matters is what you want for yourself. Please reject the idea that motherhood and work are mutually exclusive.
What does it mean the expression about women "doing it all"? Explain why the phrase can be dangerous and reinforce gender stereotypes?
it is a debate that assumes that care-giving and domestic work are singularly female domains. Domestic work and care-giving should be gender-neutral, and we should be asking not whether a woman can ‘do it all’ but how best to support parents in their dual duties at work and at home