Discussion Questions
Use our LitLovers Book Club Resources; they can help with discussions for any book:
• How to Discuss a Book (helpful discussion tips)
• Generic Discussion Questions—Fiction and Nonfiction
• Read-Think-Talk (a guided reading chart)
Also consider these LitLovers talking points to help get a discussion started for Think:
1. What has happened to American culture, according to Lisa Bloom? What studies, examples, and anecdotes does she site to support her assessment? Do you agree with Bloom? if so, what evidence can you add to hers?
2. Why are smart women playing stupid? Have you known girls or women who have done so? Have you ever found yourself playing down your own intelligence or talent (come on: be honest)?
3. What happened to the women's movement, according to Bloom, which once fought for equal pay and Title Ix? What undermined the fervor for women's rights?
4. What do you know of Bloom's personal background that would spur her to speak out as she has? Who, or what, were her early influences? Is there any contradiction in the fact that many of Bloom's legal clients are celebrities, the very people she warns women against becoming obsessed with?
5. Bloom extends the repercussions America's dumbing down to the third world where women's problems are truly stark. Do you think her assessment is correct...or does she overstate her case when it comes to international consequences of American culture?
6. What solutions does Bloom offer to women and girls, married and single? Do they make sense? Can you offer any of your own advice? How would you counsel a young woman today?
7. Are women the only ones affected by the dumbing down of American culture?
8. What did you find that surprised you in Bloom's book? What about humor—anything funny in Think?
(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)