Middle to High school students face a lot of pressure from stereotyped gender expectations, identity, peer pressure, and other expectations. You will be able to brainstorm some gender stereotypes and find examples of those stereotypes in popular culture and discuss how the stereotypes affect their lives. You will then analyze/evaluate the characters and characters’ speech from the following books: The Female of the Species and Th1rteen R3asons Why (and Netflix series). These discussions and findings will be presented to the class and discussed in your small groups.
On your tear-off poster sheet, during this week, answer the following questi
ons:
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What it means to you to be male?
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What it means to you to be female?
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What personal stereotypes have you faced?
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How does those stereotypes hold up to what men and women should be? How does race play a factor?
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How do you personally feel women and girls are supposed to carry themselves? What about men and boys?
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How does those stereotypes hold up to what men and women should be? How does race play a factor?
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How do you personally feel women and girls are supposed to carry themselves? What about men and boys?
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