Need help with my Sociology question – I’m studying for my class.
This past week we have been focusing on gender. Gender is a fundamental social division. All around us we see differences between men and women (and girls and boys). The way they dress. The activities they engage in. What they say. What they want out of life. We see gender differences in the college classroom — who tends to major in what subjects? We see gender differences at the workplace — who tends to hold positions of power and authority? We see gender differences in the home — who tends to do the majority of housework? These social arrangements, which create and sustain gender differences, end up having powerful effects on the lifestyles and life chances of individuals.
ESSAY OPTION 2
In class on Friday, we watched a TED Talk by Tony Porter, where he focused on what he calls “The Man Box.” According to Porter, what is The Man Box? What are its core elements? Why are men afraid of getting outside of The Man Box? When Porter says, “my liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman,” what do you think he means by that?
https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men?language=en#t-88457 (Links to an external site.)
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As you write up your response, please reference and integrate into your essay the reading by West and Zimmerman “Doing Gender” and/or Lorber’s “Night to His Day”
Your finished essays must be 500-600 words in total. Please add word account and work cited page.
Submit your finished essays to Canvas before 9am, Friday, May 31st.
