Seminar ~ Women's ways of knowing

1. Name several ways in which men and women are different.
2. What experiences matter most to men?
3. What experiences matter most to women?
4. What emotion is the easiest for men to feel and/or deal with?
5. (If necessary, define the word 'emotion')
6. What are the advantages of this emotion?
7. What are the disadvantages of this emotion?
8. And with women, what one emotion is the most significant?
9. What are the advantages of this emotion?
10. What are the disadvantages of concentrating on this emotion?
11. In family and personal relationships, what happens when the male's dominate emotion encounters or mixes with the female dominate emotion?
12. How does the dominant female emotion affect the way a woman manages other people?
13. How would the dominant female emotion influence a woman architect?
14. A woman doctor? a woman general? A woman prison guard? A woman president?
15. Why has the woman's touch been kept out of so many fields and professions? What have men been afraid would happen in each of these fields?
16. Explain how the country would be different if all judges were women. If all senators were women. If all astronauts were women. If all law enforcement officials were women. If men had babies and other female inconveniences.
17. Suppose men had not been allowed to vote until this year. List five ways in which the country would be different.
18. In light of this discussion, state the two best and the two worst consequences of excluding men from politics, war, and education.