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Video Links
Gender as a Spectrum, Not a Divide
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.

Profile of Malala Yousafzai Pakistani Girl Shot by the Taliban
This 2009 New York Times documentary profiles Malala Yousafzai, a young girl living in an area of Pakistan that has come under Taliban control. When her school was going to be shut down, she decided to speak up for the right of girls to receive an education. This documentary was filmed before she was shot in 2012.

Malala Yousafzai UN Speech
In 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl who’d become an international symbol of the suffering of girls in Pakistan and who’d been an outspoken advocate for the right of girls to receive education, was shot by members of the Taliban while she and her friends were on the way to school. Though shot and the head and sustaining sever and life threatening injuries, she survived. In this video, she addresses the United Nations and talk about her hopes for girls in Pakistan and around the world.

Meet Tarana Burke, Activist Who Started “Me Too” Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual Assault
Tarana Burke founded the Me Too movement to build momentum and solidarity between survivors of assault and harassment.

Theories of Gender
This video explores the various perspectives on gender and how these views shape the world.

Audio Links
This American Life 204: 81 Words
This story is about how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared that homosexuality was not a disease simply by changing the 81-word definition of sexual deviance in its own reference manual. It was a change that attracted a lot of attention at the time, but the story of what led up to that change is one that we hear today, from reporter Alix Spiegel. Part one of Alix’s story details the activities of a closeted group of gay psychiatrists within the APA who met in secret and called themselves the GAYPA . . . and another, even more secret group of gay psychiatrists among the political echelons of the APA. Alix’s own grandfather was among these psychiatrists, and the president-elect of the APA at the time of the change.

What Is a College Major Really Worth?
In this segment, 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 (maths, sciences) earn more than those who major in conventionally “feminine” disciplines (education, humanities).

Web Links
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
The labor union organization American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) tracks issues related to gender and pay-equity in the workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission maintains a website on sexual harassment.

U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women
The U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office website provides information about this issue.