Understanding Gender: Its Influence in Intimate Relationships.
Review the text, slides and session 3 review/recording in BB Collaborate ultra on 9/15/20. The Response Paper should not be submitted before noon on 9/15. This assignment is due 9/21/20 at 11 PM. Read the following article and answer the questions below. This assignment is worth 10 points. Each question is worth 2 points. (3-5 sentences each) Monitor spelling and grammar. Do not exceed 2 double spaced pages. Upload your completed assignment in BB. http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/you-can-give-a-boy-a-doll-but-you-cant-make-him-play-with-it/265977/ Questions: 1) Do you agree that it’s discriminatory to show girls playing with “girl” toys and boys playing with “boy” toys? Why or why not? 2) Is there a distinction in how boys vs. girls play? 3) Is it possible to change children’s preference for certain toys depending on how they’re socialized? Explain your answer. 4) Are we born masculine or feminine because we are born male or female? Nature says …differences in are innate; due to biology Nurture says…differences are learned; due to the environment What do you think? 5) How can perceptions regarding gender identity impact family relations?
Chapter 3: Understanding Gender: Its Influence in Intimate Relationships
Read the following article and answer the questions below. This assignment is worth 10 points. Each question is worth 2 points. (3-5 sentences each) Monitor spelling and grammar.
Do not exceed 2 double spaced pages. Upload your completed assignment in BB.
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/you-can-give-a-boy-a-doll-but-you-cant-make-him-play-with-it/265977/
Questions:
1) Do you agree that it’s discriminatory to show girls playing with toys and boys playing with toys? Why or why not?
2) Is there a distinction in how boys vs. girls play?
3) Is it possible to change children’s preference for certain toys depending on how they’re socialized? Explain your answer.
4) Are we born masculine or feminine because we are born male or female?
Nature says differences in are innate; due to biology
Nurture says differences are learned; due to the environment
What do you think?
5) How can perceptions regarding gender identity impact family relations?