Thursday, November 13, 2014

Behind the lines of masculinity and violence.

Lately there has been a very public discussion about the NFL and domestic violence. This is all related to the socialization of masculinity in the United States. ESPN's Outside the Lines even featured Jackson Katz on an episode. See that here. Jackson Katz has been researching and publishing about masculinity for over ten years.

Friday, November 7, 2014

De-briefing the panel and research on femininity

Today I would like to accomplish two tasks:

De-brief the panel from yesterday and analyze the research from thursday.

1.  The panel

Please write individually about this:

1a. What are 3 things you took away/concluded from yesterday's panel?

1b. What are 2 questions you still have?

1c.What is 1 way this connects to the social construction of gender?


2.  Research on effects of feminization on girls.


3.  Looking ahead:
Remember to read Kimmel and Mahler's article on School Shootings