Intro to Gender Studies
Key Terms: Binary, Social Construct, LGBTQ2SAA++, Gender, Sex, Feminity, Masculinity
BCTF LGTBQ Resources (extensive list of activities to be tailored to class interests and current events)
Read this blog as an intro; it has a little poem to set our tone:
http://gilliancornwall.blogspot.ca/2015/01/gender-freedom.html?spref=fb&m=1
Warm up: "Friends" episode: cultural portrayal of the difference between men and women.
Laurel Brach Richey's Powerpoint: use for discussion and journals
YCI Gender and Construction Activity:
Four Genders x Four Sexualities x Four articles of clothing x Four ages = responses
(Head; undergarments; shaving; make up; pants; skirts; shoes)
History of the LGBTQ label: http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/10/01/lgbpttqqiiaa-how-we-got-here-from-gay/
LGBTQ++ refugees: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/after-lifetime-of-hiding-gay-refugees-to-canada-expected-to-prove-theiridentity/article34858343/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&
Relationships with Allies:
Great resource for Allies: http://www.hrc.org/explore/topic/allies
Scaring away Allies? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mason-hsieh/is-the-gay-community-scar_b_6464804.html
How to be a straight ally: https://community.pflag.org/document.doc?id=139
Article on how to be a better Ally
2. Gender and Sex: What is the difference?
Use the Masculine/Feminine and Male/Female scale. Teach the word "Binary."
Find articles on Social Construction.
WARNING: CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLE! Gender Spectrum versus Gender as a social construct: https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-gender-is-a-spectrum-is-a-new-gender-prison
Also: /www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/opinion/my-daughter-is-not-transgender-shes-a-tomboy.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170419&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=4&nlid=76236220&ref=headline&te=1&_r=2
Gender: the Critical Media: http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/topicbackground/gender/
Article on brain differences between the sexes: (see document titled "Gender", below)
Gendered Pronoun with assignment:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/avoiding-sexist-language-using-201.html?tab=4#tabs
The Singular Pronoun "they": http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/gender-neutral-pronouns-shouldnt-be-a-big-deal/article32497815/?click=sf_globefb
Female Masculinity: http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/butch-looks-like/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
What's Underneath? A boy, a girl: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1544058b8e3e4b8d?projector=1
Use the Masculine/Feminine and Male/Female scale. Teach the word "Binary."
Find articles on Social Construction.
WARNING: CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLE! Gender Spectrum versus Gender as a social construct: https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-gender-is-a-spectrum-is-a-new-gender-prison
Also: /www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/opinion/my-daughter-is-not-transgender-shes-a-tomboy.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170419&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=4&nlid=76236220&ref=headline&te=1&_r=2
Gender: the Critical Media: http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/topicbackground/gender/
Article on brain differences between the sexes: (see document titled "Gender", below)
Gendered Pronoun with assignment:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/avoiding-sexist-language-using-201.html?tab=4#tabs
The Singular Pronoun "they": http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/gender-neutral-pronouns-shouldnt-be-a-big-deal/article32497815/?click=sf_globefb
Female Masculinity: http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/butch-looks-like/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
What's Underneath? A boy, a girl: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1544058b8e3e4b8d?projector=1
Gender around the world:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jenni_chang_and_lisa_dazols_this_is_what_lgbt_life_is_like_around_the_world
Egyptian woman dresses as a man for 40 years: is she a cross dresser?
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/03/29/woman-dressed-as-a-man-for-four-decades-to-help-her-family/21159025/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001348
Japan's Genderless Danshi: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/world/asia/with-manicures-and-makeup-japans-genderless-blur-line-between-pink-and-blue.html?emc=edit_ne_20170105&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=76885321&te=1&_r=0&referer
http://www.ted.com/talks/jenni_chang_and_lisa_dazols_this_is_what_lgbt_life_is_like_around_the_world
Egyptian woman dresses as a man for 40 years: is she a cross dresser?
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/03/29/woman-dressed-as-a-man-for-four-decades-to-help-her-family/21159025/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001348
Japan's Genderless Danshi: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/world/asia/with-manicures-and-makeup-japans-genderless-blur-line-between-pink-and-blue.html?emc=edit_ne_20170105&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=76885321&te=1&_r=0&referer
3. Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" lesson on socialization and construction.
Chiamanda Talk on Socialization and Gender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc
4. Here is a complete unit on Gender Stereotyping, with lessons, clips, and activities:
https://filmandmedia12.wikispaces.com/Gender+Roles+and+Stereotypes+Found+in+Disney+Films
5. Baby Storm
Chiamanda Talk on Socialization and Gender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc
4. Here is a complete unit on Gender Stereotyping, with lessons, clips, and activities:
https://filmandmedia12.wikispaces.com/Gender+Roles+and+Stereotypes+Found+in+Disney+Films
5. Baby Storm
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7. Killing us Softly Lesson plan
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Gender Based Violence:
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/a-new-podcast-explores-something-we-need-to-discuss-more-domestic-violence-in-lgbtq-relationships-1.5475371?cmp=FB_Post_Arts
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/a-new-podcast-explores-something-we-need-to-discuss-more-domestic-violence-in-lgbtq-relationships-1.5475371?cmp=FB_Post_Arts
Missrepresentation
Beyond the Mask
Harvey Milk
She's a Boy that I Used to Know documentary