Q#1:
Cultural Influence: Research how gender roles differ between the U.S. and two other countries. Tell me how they are different and why you think the other culture influenced a different gender role. What do the gender roles convey about what a country values? How do the roles help us thrive in a given culture?
Below are the required learning resources for this task:
Sex Differences
- This chapter addresses sex differences in ability and achievement.
Sex Differences
- This article examines three kinds of differences between males and females from a human development perspective — sex differences (biological); gender differences (social expectations); and sex-related differences (behavioral). Which do you think is the largest category?
https://sk-sagepub-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/reference/humandevelopment/n557.xml
Gender and Sexual Orientation
- Learn about the relationship between gender and sexual orientation in this detailed analysis of psychosocial research. Classical theories such as psychoanalysis, learning theory, evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, cognitive development, gender schema, and feminist psychology are explored.
https://sk-sagepub-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/reference/psychology/n100.xml
Q#2:
Locate an advertisement that depicts an image of women, girls, men and/or boys in a respectful and/or empowered manner that deviates from the traditional gender norm.
Post the URL so that others can view it.
Referring directly to our readings for the week,
Describe how the advertisement you chose “rewrites the rules.”
Is intersectionality represented in your chosen advertisement? Please explain.
Use Judith Butler’s theories to explain why the creator of the ad may have made the choices we see here in terms of the way the characters “do gender.”
What impact might this advertisement have on real-life opportunities and possibilities offered men and women in their personal and professional lives?
Sources you can use:
Chapter on Media from textbook Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, by Kang, et al. – http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/chapter/media/
Introduction to Judith Butler’s Theories on Gender Identity- https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/genderandsex/modules/butlergendersex.html
Judith Butler: Your Behavior Creates Your Gender- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7o2LYATDc
