Gender and Sexuality
Gender Over the Decades
How has the portrayal of gender changed over the decades? How has it stayed the same? Does it accurately reflect society?
1950s
I Love Lucy |
1960s
Mad Men |
1990s
Sex and the City |
2000s
The L Word |
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What is gender? How do we define it? Has society shaped our gender or is it genetically predetermined?
- Do you believe that Josie is a girl?
- What are your reactions to her parents and their support?
- If Josie was your child, would you support her and go through with hormone therapy?
"Living a Transgender Childhood" Part 1
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"Living a Transgender Childhood" Part 2
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"Living a Transgender Childhood" Part 3
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Download the file to see five examples of John Bull Magazine covers from 1950s London.
"The Good Wife's Guide" Housekeeping Monthly 1955
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1970s - Feminist Movement
"Why I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady
1972 Ms. Magazine
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Fairy Tales
Is Shrek Bad for Kids?
By James Poniewozik "All this has been a welcome change from generations of hokey fairy tales with stultifying lessons: Be nice and wait for your prince; be obedient and don't stray off the path; bad people are just plain evil and ugly and deserve no mercy. But palace revolutions can have their own excesses. Are the rules of fairy-tale snark becoming as rigid as the ones they overthrew? Are we losing a sense of wonder along with all the illusions?" Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1619573,00.html#ixzz2EY446vN8 |
The Anti-Grimm
The Economist "The fifty iconic tales in their Kinder- und Hausmärchen collection feature a parade of weak, disobedient heroines whose errors draw down harsh punishment, and an equally noteworthy succession of heroic boys. Numerous studies in recent decades have found the 19th century social world they portray so unremittingly sexist that some leading folklorists warn against reading them to children at all." Read more: http://www.economist.com.hk/blogs/prospero/2012/04/fairy-tales |
Click below to download a PDF of the class board. You will find information on
- heros/heroines
- villains
- Scholarly opinions on gender and stereotypes
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