Tag Archives: gender

What do you want to explore?- What questions do you have?

Everyday Women’s and Gender Studies (Representations) Reflect on a section, word, quote, or phrase that strikes you and interesting or provocative. In the style of a personal journal, write a reaction to or reflection of this reading. How do you feel about it? What do you want to explore? What questions do you have?

How does this advertisement portray gender, sex, or sexuality?- What is the ad intentionally trying to sell?

Gender and Advertising STEP 1: Search magazines, websites, newspapers, blogs, or other media venues to find advertisements. Search for advertisements with people in them that are related in some way to sex, gender, or sexuality, as discussed in this module. They can be either print ads or commercials. STEP 2: Find one ad — either […]

Identify the target customer in terms of age, gender, income, location, needs.

ENTERTAINMENT/MOVIES You are a top executive in your corporation. After careful consideration, you were selected to work on a project to use Management Information Systems (MIS) to change the way business is run. 1. History and Background (provide detailed information about the industry, past and present business model/practices, the industry’s strengths and weaknesses) 2. Target […]

In your opinion, are the experiences dealing with race and gender representative of how these issues are portrayed today? Why or why not?

PROMPT: In Everything We Had, Al Santoli examines thirty-three Americans and their experiences in Vietnam. In your opinion, are the experiences dealing with race and gender representative of how these issues are portrayed today? Why or why not? *(See attachment)

Use Bilge and Hill Collins’ call for intersectionality as an “analytic tool” to investigate social divisions and power relations.Discuss

“Race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, nation, religion, and age are categories of analysis, terms that reference important social divisions. But they are also categories that gain meaning from power relations of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and class exploitation.” (Bilge & Hill Collins). Use Bilge and Hill Collins’ call for intersectionality as an “analytic tool” to […]

Discuss the connection between the funding sources and research agendas of large universities.

Your task in this assignment will be to create your own Science and Society reading list. This reading list may focus on an historical topic (the state of science in medieval Europe), a contemporary problem (the connection between the funding sources and research agendas of large universities), a philosophical question (the impact of gender or […]