Soc Day 47 - Introducing Gender

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:  You can earn extra credit for attending and participating the "Great Decisions" discussion series.  Please see the email I sent last week for details.  If you would like to come to any of the discussions, please let me know so that I can add you to the Schoology group.

Objective:  Define gender as a sociological concept.

Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class, please fill out the "Gender Socialization" survey. We'll use the results from this survey to continue our examination of gender as we begin our notes on gender.

Homework:

• Wednesday, April 13 - GDDS "Korean Choices"
• Thursday, April 21 - GDDS "The UNs Post 2015 Development Agenda and Leadership"
• Thursday, April 25 - GDDS "Climate Geopolitics"
• Tuesday, May 3 - GDDS "Cuba & the US"

Extending Class Discussion:

• What do we mean by sex and gender? (World Health Organization)
• "Facebook Adds 50 New Gender Terms..." (New York Daily News, 2/13/2014)
• Early Gender Socialization (UNICEF)