This discussion board is a chance for you to reflect on what you learned in this

This discussion board is a chance for you to reflect on what you learned in this week’s assigned readings and videos about the sociology of Gender and Sexuality. The assigned course material is as follows:
“Gender & Sexuality” Chapter
Gender and Sex
Intersectionalities
Gender Inequalities
Sexuality
Step 1: Your Initial Post
Below are 4 options to choose from. Select only one of these options to post about. NOTE that if you respond to all of the options, you will be graded only on the first one you write about.
Then, scroll down to click the “Reply” button. You will then see a text box, where you will write your answers to the following questions. After you have finished typing your answers, click “Post Reply” (the blue box on the bottom right corner of the text box).
Your initial post is worth 5 points.
After you have posted your reply, you will see your classmates’ replies to these questions. You are then ready to do Step 2 below.
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OPTION 1 – Doing GenderBegin your post by telling us you will be responding to OPTION 1 – DOING GENDER. Then, watch the video, “‘Whatever’ by Erika Linder for Crocker by JC Jeans Company”Links to an external site. (click on the title to access the video).
How does Linder perform masculinity? Be sure to include some details from the video.
How does Linder perform femininity? Be sure to include some details from the video.
How does this the theory of “doing gender” help us understand Linder’s actions in this video? In your answer, please reference specifics from this video and key points/details from the assigned course material (linked above) in order to demonstrate your understanding of the theory of “doing gender.
Explain how Linder’s performances of masculinity and femininity help us understand the ways that we can challenge the gender binary. In your answer, please reference key points/details from the assigned course material (linked above) in order to demonstrate you understanding of the gender binary and how we can challenge it.
What is at least one question you have for your classmates about this topic? Please write a question that moves beyond asking for readily available factual information about the course material (e.g., “What’s the chapter about?” or “What is the gender binary”?) and that instead invites critical engagement. You should try to ask a question that encourages and welcomes conversation, and try to avoid questions you already have an answer to.
OPTION 2 – IntersectionalityBegin your post by telling us you will be responding to OPTION 2 – INTERSECTIONALITY. Then, click here to access the Intersectionality WorksheetActions. Complete this worksheet — you do not need to submit your answers on the table, but you do need to complete it in order to answer the following questions.
Considering all your social identities listed in the table on the Intersectionality Worksheet, on a daily basis, which ones are you most aware or conscious of? You can pick more than one domain if you want:Which social identity(ies) are you most aware/conscious of:
What do you appreciate about or gain from that identity?
What is something challenging about that identity?
In terms of your experiences, how does this social identity intersect with your gender? Please be sure to reference key points/details from the assigned course material (linked above) in order to demonstrate your understanding of intersectionality.
Considering all your social identities listed in the table on the Intersectionality Worksheet, on a daily basis, which ones are you least aware or conscious of? You can pick more than one domain if you want:Which social identity(ies) are you least aware/conscious of:
What do you appreciate about or gain from that identity?
What is something challenging about that identity?
In terms of your experiences, how does this social identity intersect with your gender? Please be sure to reference key points/details from the assigned course material (linked above) in order to demonstrate your understanding of intersectionality.
What is at least one question you have for your classmates about this topic? Please write a question that moves beyond asking for readily available factual information about the course material (e.g., “What’s the chapter about?” or “What is intersectionality”?) and that instead invites critical engagement. You should try to ask a question that encourages and welcomes conversation, and try to avoid questions you already have an answer to.
OPTION 3 – POINTLESSLY GENDERED PRODUCTSBegin your post by telling us you will be responding to OPTION 3 – POINTLESSLY GENDERED PRODUCTS. Then, click hereLinks to an external site. to access a wide variety of images and descriptions of gendered products. Select 2 products “for boys/men” and 2 products “for girls/women”.
Briefly describe each product you chose. Note that you should be briefly describing here a total of 4 products. This will help us know which products you will be referencing in your answers to the following questions.
Think about how these products are meant to be used. Is there any reason why the products have to be gendered like this, beyond marketing? Briefly explain.
Think about the gender binary, as described in this week’s assigned course material (linked above). In about 75 words, tell us which of these products align with a strict gender binary system and how so. In your answer, please reference specifics of the products and key points/details form the assigned class material in order to show your understanding of the gender binary system.
Now, in 75 words, explain how your analysis of these products can help us better understand how gender is socially salient (i.e., how gender is one of the ways we organize or ‘structure’ our world). Please reference key points/details from the assigned course material to demonstrate your understanding of the sociological view of gender as socially salient.
What is at least one question you have for your classmates about this topic? Please write a question that moves beyond asking for readily available factual information about the course material (e.g., “What’s the chapter about?” or “What is the gender binary”?) and that instead invites critical engagement. You should try to ask a question that encourages and welcomes conversation, and try to avoid questions you already have an answer to.
OPTION 4 – INSTITUTIONAL GENDER INEQUALITYBegin your post by telling us you will be responding to OPTION 4 – INSTITUTIONAL GENDER INEQUALITY. Then go to the following website, which is a portion of the inequality.org site that is dedicated to gender and economic inequality: https://inequality.org/facts/gender-inequality/Links to an external site.. Read the introductory paragraph and then choose 1 of the 6 topic areas to focus on for your answers to the following questions.
Which topic area will you be focusing on (choose 1 of the following: Gender Income Gaps, Gender Wealth Gaps, Gender Poverty Gaps, Transgender Economic Gaps, Inequality and Reproductive Rights, or Inequality Across Gender Diversity and COVID-19)?
Read through the descriptions and graphs provided in the topic area you selected. Tell us at least 3 facts that stand out to you and briefly explain why each of these facts stands out to you.
What concepts from this week’s assigned course material (linked above) can help explain the 3 facts you described in your answer to the previous question? In your answer, please be sure to reference each of the 3 facts you identified and, for each fact, reference key points/details from the assigned course material to demonstrate your understanding of the sociology of gender and gender inequality.
What is at least one question you have for your classmates about this topic? Please write a question that moves beyond asking for readily available factual information about the course material (e.g., “What’s the chapter about?” or “What is institutional inequality”?) and that instead invites critical engagement. You should try to ask a question that encourages and welcomes conversation, and try to avoid questions you already have an answer to.
Step 2: Respond to Your Classmates
This portion of the assignment is worth 5 points.
After you have posted your reply to Step 1 on this discussion board, you will have access to your classmates’ answers to my questions in Step 1.
Read through your classmates’ initial posts.
Respond to at least TWO of your classmates by doing the following.
Respond to classmates that do not already have a lot of responses.
Read your classmates’ initial post and answer the question they asked about it. Your answer should reflect on their post as well as your own knowledge, thoughts, opinions and feelings about the topic.
For instructions on how to respond to a classmate’s reply, click hereLinks to an external site. and scroll down to “Thread a Discussion Reply.”
Grading
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