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Unit 4 · Literary Criticism and Theory English · December 2023 (Rescheduled)

Which of the following statements are NOT true about the feminist movement?

  1. A. Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman challenges the idea that women exist only to please men.
  2. B. Women's suffrage dominated international feminism for more than fifty years.
  3. C. The Female Eunuch was written by the African writer Sarah Millin.
  4. D. Kate Millett's Sexual Politics broadens 'politics' to all power-structured relationships.
  5. E. The second wave was led by Generation X.

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Correct answer: C. (C) and (E) only

Explanation

The Female Eunuch (1970) is by the Australian Germaine Greer, and the second wave (1960s–80s) was a baby-boomer movement; Generation X is linked with the third wave of the 1990s.

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