There is an increasing need to include consideration of ethnic issues in teaching the psychology of women. This article recommends specific topics to provide more in-depth treatment of ethnic perspectives for teaching the psychology of women class. In addition, questions designed to facilitate discussion of the genderethnicity interaction as well as guidelines for directing such discussions are presented. The recommended topics and discussion questions should be considered only a beginning in the effort to develop a multiethnic perspective.
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