address the prompts below:
Answer one of the following based on Bailey’s From Front Porch (in both cases I use the umbrella term “dating” to signify all the ways men and women spent time together for romantic, sexual, or reputational reasons) (600 words):
What forces drove changes in dating conventions between 1900 and the 1960s? Your response should identify at least three ways dating changed (from three different chapters), explain what prompted the change, and reflect on the larger meaning or significance of the change.
Early in her book, Bailey observes that the transition from courtship to dating “changed the distribution of control and power in courtship” (20). Power and control fluctuated with the subsequent changes in dating conventions. Identify three dating conventions discussed in the book (from three different chapters) and analyze who you believe had the power and control in each situation and what the implications of the power dynamics were.
You read a book on the history of lesbians in twentieth century America. Provide a mini review of you book that identifies the book’s scope and arguments and the parts you found most illuminating or interesting. (300 words)
Answer one of the following based on Faderman or Kennedy/Davis (300 words):
If you read Faderman: Briefly discuss three significant turning points in lesbian life in the United States (discussed in three different chapters in the book) that affected how women loving women lived or saw themselves and their relationships.
The second book to be used is Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman
Every discussion post and response should be civil and rooted in the assigned reading. See the “netiquette” section of the syllabus for more guidance.
Your post should be rooted in the assigned reading, meaning that your responses should demonstrate that you have read and grasped the material. Short quotations are acceptable but your post should be your own words and ideas (rules of academic honesty apply!).