Inscribing Gender
Submit your reflection paper on the assigned chapter.
These 2-3 page double spaced papers should be an exploration of the ideas and theories related to the relevant course content from each chapter.
Font larger than 12 point will not be accepted and only normal margins will be accepted.
Topics should be drawn directly from course readings and are intended to demonstrate the mastery of the assigned course content.
From chapter 4 of “gendered voices, feminist visions”
In Chapter 4 of “Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions,” Shaw and Lee analyze how cultural, institutional, and social actions shape gender. The main premise is that gender is a social construct that is regulated in numerous ways.
One important topic is “gender inscriptions”—how gender norms and expectations are symbolically engraved onto our bodies and thoughts from birth. Children quickly learn gender-appropriate behaviors, interests, and self-presentations from toys, media, dress standards, and authority figures’ overt/covert signals. Cross-gender people are often mocked, shunned, or punished to comply.
The authors examine how schools efficiently inscribe gender. School-concealed curricula and peer cultures sustain gender hierarchy despite gender equality laws. Through gender-segregated activities, sexist content, and performance-based treatment, schools teach acceptable masculinities and femininity. Respect and privilege go to men…………………………………….
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