SOCIAOLGY/ GENDER ROLES

1. Please watch the gender role clip and answer the following questions:

1. 1. Do you believe a man be as nurturing to small children as a woman can?

1. 1. What are the possible economic effects of men being employed in traditionally female jobs?

1. 1. Why are so many traditionally female jobs considered “stable” in a bad economy?

2.  Sociology of Gender

Imagine that you are assigned the opposite gender at birth, but that your race, ethnicity, religion and social class remain the same.

Taking the information contained in this week’s readings describe how your life as a member of the opposite sex might differ from your life today. i.e. How are males and females viewed differently among your racial or ethnic group?

Does gender make a difference? Would your role in the family be different based on being the opposite gender?