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11.1 Discuss the cultural influences on gender and the effects of gender inequalities.

Video Link: Miss Representation Trailer

Description: "Miss Representation” is an American documentary released in 2011. It explores how mainstream media contributes to the negative image of women by publishing demeaning pictures of influential women.

Audio Link: In Changing America, Gay Masculinity Has 'Many Different Shades'

Description: The podcast discusses that not only have laws and cultural attitudes toward homosexuality have changed, the way some gay men choose to express their masculinity and femininity has transformed as well.

Web Resource: Girls Are... Boys Are... : Myths, Stereotypes & Gender Differences

Description: The article by sociologists Campbell and Storo exposes the myths and cultural misconceptions about typical masculine and feminine behavior.

 

11.2 Describe the ways in which social forces and factors constrain sexuality.

Video Link: Sociology of Sexuality

Description: The video introduces the term sexuality and the social factors that constrain behavior such as sexual hierarchy, culture, race, and gender. It explains how social constraints are designed by society and that the acceptance of sexual behavior previously considered deviant depends on the time and place.

Audio Link: How To Be A 21st Century 'Gentleman'

Description: The podcast reflects on social constructs that have constrained sexuality in the past. It features a U.S. Navy instructional video released in 1967 which explains proper dating etiquette to young soldiers. It compares these rules to today’s dating expectations.

Web Resource: Gender Identity Project

Description: Sponsored by New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, the Gender Identity Project works to nurture a healthy lifestyle for people who are transgender or non-conforming gender, and their partners, family and community.

 

11.3 Describe the effects of globalization on gender and sexualities.

Video Link: War, Work & Sex: Human Trafficking and Globalization 1

Description: Dr. Gary Potter from the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University discusses in his presentation the way human trafficking affects society as whole. He explains the factors that drive human trafficking; how force and violence is used to exploit children; how the industry is driven solely for profit; and how women are used sexually, for labor, and as tools of war.

Audio Link: After Global Protests, Kenyan Court Sentences 3 Men Who Raped Teen

Description: Authorities in Kenya have sentenced three men to 15 years in prison, but only after a global protest demanded justice for a 16-year-old girl who was brutally gang raped by these men. The only punishment the attackers initially received from the local law enforcement agency was to cut grass at the local police station.

Web Resource: We Can End the Illegal Sex Trade

Description: The article discusses sex trafficking in the United States. Although, it is true that some of the women are from Asia or Latin America who are lured to the United States by the promise of a better life, many are underage girls born and raised in the United States. The Senate has recently unanimously passed the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, a way to address the problem of underage female trafficking.

 

11.4 Discuss global flows related to gender.

Video Link: Sexual Slavery and enforced Prostitution in India

Description: Sex, like almost every other facet of social life, is affected by cultural, political, and economic factors. In Bombay, children as young as 9 are bought at auctions by Indian men who believe sleeping with a virgin will cure their sexually transmitted disease. Child prostitution is more common in India than anywhere else in the world.

Audio Link: Conservative, Catholic Ireland Votes On Same-Sex Marriage

Description: Although same-sex marriage is legal in 17 countries, Ireland, a conservative Catholic country, is the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a national popular vote.

Web Resource: Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse Sexual violence against children

Description: UNICEF monitors the laws in place and works towards protecting children from sexual abuse and violence.