We have started Unit 4 - Speaking of Gender. This is my favourite unit of all! It is very interesting (to me) and I can't wait to talk about it more.
This week please look at the following questions and choose 5 (or more) to answer.
Have a great week!
- Define gender roles.
- Do gender roles exist in your country?
- Do you see yourself as a typical man or woman?
- What are the responsibilities of a father?
- What are the responsibilities of a mother?
- What do you think about stay at home mothers?
- What do you think about stay at home fathers?
- Do parents expect different things from sons than from daughters?
- Are there any professions that have more men than women in your country?
- Are there any professions that have more women than men in your country?
- Is it typical for women to join the military in your country?
- Is it typical for men to be teachers in your country?
- Should boys and girls be brought up differently?
- Who has an easier life, boys or girls?
- Someone is talking about their doctor. Do you think their doctor is male or female?
- Someone is talking about a nurse. Do you think the nurse is male or female?
- If all of the men in the world disappeared, what would it be like?
- If all of the women of the world disappeared, what would it be like?
- Are men and women equal in their intelligence?
- Are men and women equal in their physical ability?
re #16) I am a (female) nurse. And have been a nurse for nearly 40 years. About 20 years ago, I was orientating a male student nurse. We met with a pt's family who immediately... before I could introduce my student... assumed that my student was the doctor. I then did introduce him as being a student nurse. The family was visibly embarrassed, and sent me a lovely note apologizing, but I could understand their confusion- after all, this WAS 20 years ago, and male nurses were very uncommon. When I was a young woman, truly, the career options were very limited. I am grateful that things have changed.. in the health care field today, no gender assumptions can be made.
ReplyDeleteWell, there isn't a specific question about education gender differences; I suppose because there are both men and women from around the world attending this class @ U of C. I must comment because it exists today in the world in which we live. Malala Yousafzai. A girl in Pakistan who has been protesting for right of girls to be educated... shot in the head by the Taliban, but survived. Unthinkable but true. Education restricted because of gender alone.
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