Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.Write your sex role socialization autobiography, starting with your earliest memories and moving to the present. Analyze how you have been socially constructed, according to your biological sex. In other words, explore the question: How did I become the woman or man I am today? Develop this essay in the context of all of your identities, including sex, sexual orientation, race, socio-economic class, religion (if any), etc. Focus on your sex role socialization both in the society at large and within other groups you identify with.
Here are some aspects of your socialization to consider:
Family stories about your babyhood (if you have a family member or friend who can help you with this);
Was there an announcement about your birth or adoption? What did the announcement say/look like?
What do photographs of your babyhood and childhood reveal about your sex role socialization? (Include photos if you would like. You will get final back if you request it.)
Make references to your preschool and early school years. How were you treated by your teachers, especially in terms of your sex?
What toys were given to you during your childhood? How do these seem to connect with your socialization story?
Which books were given to you and/or read to you during your early childhood?
Which television programs did you watch? Can you identify how they might have impacted your sex role socialization?
Do you recall when you first became aware of your sex? Do you have a memory associated with your awareness?
How were you dressed when you were a baby and a young child?
In elementary school, did you “shape up” in accordance with the expectations for your sex?
In junior and high school how did peers, teachers, and the institution encourage/pressure you into “gender appropriate” behavior? Do you recall any cross-gender behavior? What was the response of family and peers?
Which magazines and books did you read in high school? What do you read now?
Who were/are your sheroes/heroes?
Discuss dating/intimacy and marriage/partnership in terms of your sex role socialization. How significant are same-sex and other-sex friends?
Reflect on your sexual orientation socialization. How did you become the heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, “unclassified” person you are today?
Over the years, how have you felt about being a female or a male? How do you feel about your body? Your intelligence?
If you had to exchange either your sex, race, or sexual orientation for different sex, race, or sexual orientation, which one would you exchange and why?
Please be sure to think about each question and suggestion presented. However, you may respond to all or selected questions and suggestions. Feel free to consider other aspects of your sex role socialization. References to readings, class discussions, presentations, etc. will enhance your essay. Although I am not requiring explicit references to the ideas which have influenced your thinking in this essay, I expect your essay will reflect what you have learned in the course. Your essay should be typewritten, 1.5 spacing, Times Roman or Garamond, and 3-5 pages in length. Please number the pages of your essay. (Longer essays are welcome.) Do NOT write your essays as a series of questions and replies, that is not an acceptable essay. The essay style should be your voice narrating as a storyteller.