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Learning Objective: 9.2: Identify agents of gender socialization.

9.1 Tough “Guise”

Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the United States at the dawn of the 21st century.

9.5 What if Men Were Catcalled Like Women Are?

This humorous clip shows what if could be like if men were subject to the same street harassment that women are.

Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.

9.2 Advertising and Women

This video examines how women are portrayed in the media in a discriminatory manner.

Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.

9.3 Sexism

In this fascinating talk, founder of the award-winning EverydaySexismProject, Laura Bates, talks about her inspiring initiative. The EveryDaySexism is an ever-increasing collection of over 50,000 women’s experiences of gender imbalance. The stories come from women of all ages, races and sexual orientations, disabled and non-disabled, employed and unemployed, religious and non-religious.

9.4 Online Sexism

Julia Hardy tells us how she uses humor to combat endemic online sexism, and explains how the actions of this small percentage of men not only adversely affect and change women’s behavior, but actually cause detriment to other men.

 

Audio Links

Learning Objective: 9.1: Describe the difference between sex and gender.

9.1 Being a Girl

Variations on what it means to be a girl and what it means to be a woman.

Learning Objective: 9.3: Illustrate the relationship between minority status and gender and sexual orientation.

9.3 Homosexuality

The story of how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness.

Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.

9.2 Politics and Sexism

A roundtable of women discuss how Senator Clinton’s gender has affected her campaign and how her candidacy has shaped the national conversation about the role of women.

 

Web Resources

Learning Objective: 9.3: Give examples of meso- and macro-level gender stratification.

9.2 Women Factory Workers

Honduras is the third largest exporter of clothes and textiles to the U.S. market, employing approximately 110,000 workers, 53% of whom are young women from deprived backgrounds with little education. Many of the clothing factories are found in Honduras’ 24 Export Processing Zones (EPZs), industrial areas with low or non-existent taxes and a cheap labor force designed to attract foreign investment.

9.3 Sexual Orientation

This article from Contexts Magazine looks at how sexual orientation may differ for both men and women.

9.4 Children and Sexual Orientation

This article from Pacific Standard Magazine looks at the issues pertaining to whether or not parents should be able to choose their children’s sexual orientation.

9.5 Representation Project

This website contains information about documentaries and other media literacy resources that help us to demand proper representation of women and men in the media.

Learning Objective: 9.5: Discuss costs and consequences of gender stratification.

9.1 Politics

Republicans across the country are blasting Donald Trump for spewing sexist comments in a despicable videotape revealed Friday—and some are even withdrawing their support for the raucous mogul and calling on him to step down as the party’s nominee.