Now that we have collaborative groups, let’s think about some stuff, shall we? Get together with your group members, open up the assigned readings for last Friday, and answer the following questions with your buddies. One group member can post answers in your Canvas discussion board:
- What exactly is a bias? How do they form?
- What connection do you see between the social construction of certain identities and bias?
- What evidence can we think of in our own childhood that helps support Riley’s rant about toys? What negative effects might we consider when thinking about the way our toys and the marketers who sold them gendered us?
- Share your Gender Bias Test Result with your buds. How did you all do?
Check out the photo above. That’s a picture of Billy Tipton, a famous jazz musician of the 1930’s and 40’s. How does his story help make the case that gender is something different from sex?
Ok, now get out those children’s books, y’all! Let’s check out your first close reading!
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