The final product for this course will be a final paper completed individually for 30 points total towards your final grade. Students will choose one of two final paper options.
Option 1: Gender analysis of media content
You will write a 5-7 page paper analyzing a piece of media of your choice. This can include a TV show, book series, podcast, video game, movie, comic book, or anything you can identify as media content. Thoroughly describe relevant components of the media piece before/as you analyze (you do not have to describe in detail the entire thing, only what is relevant to your paper/the course concepts).
Questions to consider:
What is the content broadly saying about gender, power, and hierarchical arrangements?
How are sexualities presented in the media piece? Does the media piece assume heteronormativity? Explain.
Does the content exemplify identities/behaviors/
Does this content succeed/fail to represent an intersectional understanding of identity? Why or why not?
Are there any examples of gendered institutions within the media piece? If so, describe and explain the institution and how it is gendered.
Paper requirements: 5 key concepts from the course must be used throughout your paper with citations. You should use 12-point size normal font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial, etc.), double spacing, and APA formatting including references.
Option 2: Prompt response
You will write a 5-7 page paper responding to 3 prompts of your choice. Answer all of the questions in the prompt for full credit.
Prompt 1: How does our understanding of sexualities connect to the way that we “do” gender (in other words, how are gender and sexualities connected)? Explain heteronormativity. How does heteronormativity drive dominant U.S. culture? What are the impacts of this? How have groups resisted discrimination based on sexualities?
Optional (choose 2):
Prompt 2: What is your definition of gender? How does this compare to the book’s definition? How is U.S. culture gendered? How has the way that we understand gender changed throughout time? Propose an example sociological study using an intersectional understanding of gender (propose a theoretical background, general methods that might be appropriate, and research hypotheses).
Prompt 3: Reflect on your overall experience in the course. What was your perspective of sex, gender, & sexualities before taking this course? Have these perspectives changed? If so, how? How is your daily life gendered? Provide an example of an experience in your classes this semester (it does not have to be in this class) that relates to concepts from this course.
Prompt 4: Do you think it is possible to take gender out of the way that we organize society? Imagine a world that does not organize around gender. What would this world look like? What might be some prominent features of today’s society that would change? Would the gender binary still exist? What would be the effects of this new social organization?
Prompt 5: Choose one of the weeks 11/12/13 topics (work, family, or politics). Summarize how the topic can be analyzed as a social institution. Explain how the topic is gendered (you can use examples from the book, lecture, or outside sources). Then, provide a suggestion for social change within the institution (what steps need to be taken to create more gender equity within work/family/politics?).
Paper requirements: 5 key concepts from the course must be used throughout your paper with citations. Identify which prompt you are responding to at the beginning of each response (example: Prompt 2). You should use 12-point size normal font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial, etc.), double spacing, and APA formatting including references.
Requirements: 5-7 pages
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The terminology heteronormativity was created by social theorist and queer literacy critic Michael Warner in 1991. Warner drew inspiration from an essay authored by Adrienne Rich titled “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” (Brook, 2018). In the essay, Rich theorized that heterosexuality is not every person’s instinct but a cultural institution that seeks to make women inferior to their male counterparts (Brook, 2018). Heteronormativity is a concept that assumes that every person is heterosexual or straight. As such, an ideal sexual relationship should be between one woman and one man. Essentially, heteronormativity assumes that people’s default sexual orientation is heterosexuality and, thus, it is the only natural way for people to express their sexuality (Brook, 2018).
Tuzo ya mwisho ya kozi hii itakuwa karatasi ya mwisho iliyojazwa kwa mtu binafsi kwa jumla ya alama 30 kuelekea alama yako ya mwisho. Wanafunzi watachagua mojawapo ya chaguzi mbili za karatasi ya mwisho. Uchunguzi wa jinsia wa vyombo vya habari: Kitabu cha ukurasa wa 5-7 kinachotathmini kipande cha vyombo vya habari vya uchaguzi wako. Hii inaweza kujumuisha kipindi cha TV, mfululizo wa vitabu, podcast, mchezo wa video, filamu, kitabu cha vichekesho, au chochote unachoweza kutambua kama maudhui ya media. Kuelezea kwa undani vipengele muhimu vya kipande cha vyombo vya habari kabla ya kuchambua (haupaswi kuelezea kwa undani kitu chote, tu kile kinachohusiana na makubaliano yako ya karatasi au kozi). Maswali ya kufikiria: Ni nini kinachosemwa kwa ujumla kuhusu jinsia, mamlaka, na mipangilio ya cheo? Je, ngono zinaonyeshwaje katika kipande cha vyombo vya habari? Je, kipande cha vyombo vya habari kinadhani heteronormativity? Eleza jambo hilo. Je, maudhui ya kuelezea utambulisho au tabia ya mafanikio au kushindwa kuwakilisha uelewa intersectional ya utambulisho? Kwa nini au kwa nini si? Je, kuna mifano yoyote ya taasisi za kijinsia ndani ya kipande cha vyombo vya habari? Kama ni hivyo, kuelezea na kueleza taasisi na jinsi ni jinsia. Mafunzo ya 5 ya msingi ya kozi lazima yatumiwe katika karatasi yako na nukuu. Kwa mfano, unaweza kutumia fonti ya kawaida ya 12px (Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial, na kadhalika). , nafasi mbili, na APA format ikiwa ni pamoja na marejeo. Msaada wa haraka: Ukiandika chapisho la ukurasa wa 5-7 utajibu maswali matatu ya kuchagua. Jibu maswali yote katika mwongozo kwa ajili ya mikopo kamili. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""kuelewa"" kwa jinsia ni sawa na ""kuelewa"" kwa jinsia, na ""kuelewa"" kwa jinsia ni sawa na ""kuelewa"" kwa jinsia." Eleza heteronormativity. Je, ni nini kinachohusika katika kuendeleza heteronormativity katika utamaduni wa Marekani? Matokeo ya jambo hilo ni nini? Vikundi vimewezaje kukinza ubaguzi unaosababishwa na jinsia? "Kama unavyoona, ""Mtazamo wa 2"" ni sawa na ""Mtazamo wa 2"" (kwa mfano, nini kinachohusiana na jinsia ya mtu)." Hilo linalinganaje na ufafanuzi wa kitabu hicho? Utamaduni wa Marekani una tofauti gani za kijinsia? Jinsi gani jinsi tunavyoelewa jinsia imebadilika kwa muda? Kupendekeza mfano utafiti wa kijamii kutumia uelewa intersectional ya jinsia (kupendekeza msingi wa kinadharia, mbinu za jumla ambayo inaweza kuwa sahihi, na nadharia za utafiti). Somo la 3: Fikiria mambo uliyojionea katika kipindi hicho. Ni nini mtazamo wako wa ngono, jinsia, na ngono kabla ya kuchukua kozi hii? Je, maoni hayo yamebadilika? Ikiwa ndivyo, ni kwa njia gani? Maisha yako ya kila siku yana uhusiano gani na jinsia? Kutoa mfano wa uzoefu katika madarasa yako katika muhula huu (haipaswi kuwa katika darasa hili) ambayo inahusiana na dhana kutoka kozi hii. Swali la 4: Je, unafikiri inawezekana kuondoa jinsia katika njia ambayo tunaandaa jamii? Hebu wazia ulimwengu ambao haujapangwa kulingana na jinsia. Ulimwengu huo ungeonekanaje? Ni mambo gani yanayoweza kubadilika katika jamii ya leo? Je, bado kuna ubaguzi wa jinsia? Ni nini kingeweza kutokea kwa utaratibu huo mpya wa kijamii? "Kumbuka: ""Kumbuka kuwa kila wiki unaongea juu ya ""mwisho"" wa kazi, familia, au siasa." Kuelezea kwa ufupi jinsi mada inaweza kuchambuliwa kama taasisi ya kijamii. Eleza jinsi mada ni jinsia (unaweza kutumia mifano kutoka kitabu, hotuba, au vyanzo vya nje). Kisha, kutoa pendekezo kwa ajili ya mabadiliko ya kijamii ndani ya taasisi (ni hatua gani zinahitajika kuchukuliwa ili kuunda usawa zaidi wa jinsia ndani ya kazi-familia-sera?). Mafunzo ya 5 ya msingi ya kozi lazima yatumiwe katika karatasi yako na nukuu. Kuamua ni nini mwito wewe ni kujibu mwanzoni mwa kila jibu (mfano: mwito 2). Kwa mfano, unaweza kutumia fonti ya kawaida ya 12px (Times New Roman, Calibri, Arial, na kadhalika). , nafasi mbili, na APA format ikiwa ni pamoja na marejeo. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Heteronormativity"" ni neno la kisayansi lililotumiwa na mwanasayansi wa kijamii Michael Warner mnamo 1991." "Walikuwa wakichunguza makala ya Adrienne Rich ""Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence"" (Brook, 2018)." Katika insha hiyo, Rich alitoa nadharia kwamba jinsia tofauti sio kichocheo cha kila mtu lakini taasisi ya kitamaduni ambayo inatafuta kufanya wanawake kuwa duni kwa wenzao wa kiume (Brook, 2018). Heteronormativity ni dhana ambayo inadhani kwamba kila mtu ni heterosexual au moja kwa moja. Kwa hiyo, uhusiano wa kingono unaofaa unapaswa kuwa kati ya mwanamke mmoja na mwanamume mmoja. Heteronormativity ni dhana ya kwamba watu wana mwelekeo wa kijinsia wa kawaida, na kwa hivyo ni njia pekee ya asili ya watu kuelezea jinsia yao.