Agenda for 3/23 and 3/24

1. Transgender - "Raising Ryland" - When your young daughter says 'I'm a boy'. Historic court case in Maine for transgender students.

2. Gender Fluidity -  Paige's Story (7:00-17:00)

3. Assignment #11 (in class) - Gender in Advertising

• Find an advertisement that exemplifies traditional masculine characteristics. List the characteristics that are present in your advertisement.
• Find an advertisement that exemplifies traditional feminine characteristics.
  List the characteristics that are present in your advertisement.

4.  Traditional Gender Stereotypes

5. Assignment # 12. Kids clothing and toys and the Gender Binary

Toys R' US 
Babies R' US

• Take a look through the offering for girls and boys toys or clothes. 

• Complete the "Gender Socialization" handout as you investigate. 

• After completing the handout answer the following reflection questions and submit through eBackpack "Assignment 12."

1. What kinds of things do you think clothes and toys teach children about gender? How do they teach them to be a boy or a girl?   

2. Based on your findings with respect to clothing and toys, what does it mean to be a boy or a girl? What kinds of messages do clothes and toys provide children about what it means to be a boy or a girl? In other words, what do boys and girls look like, act like, enjoy doing, and so forth? 

3. Are there any ways in which toys and clothing encourage girls and boys to be similar to each other? Explain.

4. Gender, in our society, is a basis for inequality—for assigning people different roles, rewards, responsibilities, and so forth. Discuss how children’s toys and clothing can perpetuate (maintain) this form of inequality.

5. Do you think parents realize what kinds of effects the toys and clothes they buy for their children can have on them? Will the findings from this activity influence the toys and clothes you buy for the children in your life?