Writer’s Choice
Answer the following questions. Each Question has its specific reading that will be below the questions. Answer the questions briefly, just get straight to the point. No more than 4 sentences per question. This is not an essay; so please do not put it in essay format. NO OUTSIDE SOURCES.
QUESTIONS
Judith Lorber
1.How is gender constructed (according to JL)?
2.Why does society maintain the construction of gender differences (according to JL)?
READINGS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qqmy17VJukH5nN36QdYYDXmSKwKAepFc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16jujenLbOEvM-edlEUXku1gJ2Xyn736u/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jXCTwNfVPjtgcqYDmEg9c9w4gBOqR-kY/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dpRPY7Vw3ZqqJuKbZb4T7e8K1r-6ehD7/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8c4ZohwUjF8WDKwPEd2DjycNtfcLler/view?usp=sharing
QUESTIONS
Kate Bornstein
3.To many of us, it is important that we are able to identify the sex of another individual. When there is ambiguity, we often have a sense of frustration. Why is this so (according to KB)? If we were to have a greater tolerance for such ambiguity, what consequences can you think of in everyday life?
READINGS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XaGHqp_teZd2hfnY00SJ5a5gFzdOXbqX/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13q3oFhfu7VO3lrp85eQbT7LUPLXmgjb0/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DjoQas-9DaT6cUu6O2a_WIGzmZXJgavh/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WSEQrWNA9ROoYeI1PJLe0iFRjDRUxbU7/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVvkjvIHd6D9QVPpGNrwV39P_SdRLa8R/view?usp=sharing
QUESTIONS
Jenny Stuber
4.How do essentialists and social constructionists see things differently according to Stuber? What is their evidence?
READINGS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NCr83X9sw-f7Cz5V0pNbG3PNRdW3TOQm/view?usp=sharing. (PG 25-56)
