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Today we’ll be thinking about the ideas Lorber explores in her article and how closely reading the world around us for gendered messages can help us become better researchers and intellectuals.
First things first:
Let’s make some teams because everything is better with a crew. Introduce yourselves to your new besties and discuss the following questions:
- What exactly is social construction theory? Explain it in your own words.
- What examples or evidence does Lorber use to support and “prove” that gender is socially constructed?
- Do we buy Lorber’s argument? What evidence can we think of in our own childhood that helps support or works to refute her claims?
Discussion:
The Boy/Girl binary
Gendering in Culture: The Aristocats
Close Reading Homework
