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Video Links:

1. Video 12.1: Two Spirits: Gender as a Spectrum, Not a Divide
Description: This short clip describes the four categories of gender in the Navajo culture and contrasts this with the dichotomous understandings of gender and the mandate that one’s gender must necessarily correspond to one’s biological sex.

2. Video 12.2: As Taliban Peace Talks Resume, What’s at Stake for Afghan Women?
Description: PBS News hour investigates what is at stake for Afghanistan’s women if the Taliban take on a role in the new Afghan government.

3. Video 12.3: Meet Tarana Burke, Activist Who Started “Me Too” Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual Assault
Description: Democracy now presents Tarana Burke founder of the #MeToo movement which aims to build momentum and solidarity between survivors of assault and harassment.

4. Video 12.4: Theories of Gender
Description: This video explores the various perspectives on gender and how these views shape the world. Why gender is so important socially is explored.

5. Video 12.5: The Dangerous Ways Ads See Women
Description: In this Ted Talk, Jean Kilbourne discusses her work analyzing how advertisements view and shape women. Kilbourne offers a lively discussion of how ads conceptualize women, cultivate images of beauty and the various impacts to women and girls.

Audio Links:

1. Audio 12.1:​ What a College Major Is Really Worth
Description: In this segment, NPR host Michel Martin discusses a report recently released by the U.S. Census. The report describes the relationship between college major and graduates’ earnings. One of the key findings is that those who have majored in conventionally “masculine” areas (math, sciences) earn more than those who major in conventionally “feminine” disciplines (education, humanities).

2. Audio 12.2: What the Gender Wage Gap Costs Latinas
Description: This brief piece from NPR explores the gender wage gap in America as it specifically impacts Latina workers.

Web Links:

1. Web 12.1: The United States Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau
Description: The United States Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau has its own website.

2. Web 12. 2: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Description: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission maintains a website on sexual harassment.

3. Web 12.3: U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women
Description: The U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office website provides information about this issue.