Video and Multimedia
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Video
Description: CNN news story interviewing youth about the impact of marketing of toys as designated for girls versus boys, and children’s requests for gender neutral toys.
Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify key agents of gender socialization.
Description: CNN news story about the educational benefits of separating young men and women in classroom and school activities to boost learning outcomes.
Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify key agents of gender socialization
Audio
Description: NPR News story about gender identity disorders, with interviews of pediatricians and child psychiatrists about parental concerns of a child’s non-gender conforming behaviors
Learning Objective: 9-1: Distinguish between sex, gender, and sexuality.
Description: NPR News report discussing whether top women executives expected to behave differently than men, and can be fired from leadership positions for not conforming to gender expectations
Learning Objective: 9-4: Explain sociological roots of the gender wage gap.
Web
Description: Pacific Standard article summarizing findings about professional preferences for males over women as lab managers, and the subsequent differences in the likelihood of being hired and disparity in starting salaries.
Learning Objective: 9-4: Explain sociological roots of the gender wage gap.
Description: Transcript with links to video of Emma Watson, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, as she delivers a speech on the pursuit of gender equality for men and women.
Learning Objective: 9-6: Describe manifestations of inequality faced by women around the globe.