Category: Women and gender studies

For this week, we’ll be examining the current state of expressions of gender in our society. The words we use to describe ourselves and others, the expectations we carry for ourselves and others, and our relationships with and understanding of physical bodies are embedded with the concept of gender. Explore and answer the following prompts: Chapter 3
“Speaking of Women and Men and Gender”
Think of three adjectives we typically use to describe women and three adjectives used to describe men, and then list them. Answer these questions:
1. What do you notice about the words we use to describe men and women? 2. How does our language reinforce stereotypical notions about men and women? 3. Then, think about the words we use to designate men and women (come up with three words for each, men and women), and list them. Try to think of parallel names for men and women (example: Women = Slut, Men = Stud), and consider the profanities used. Answer these questions: 1. What do you notice about the terms we use to name men and women?
2. What is the significance of the words for which you could not find parallels?
How do you think language plays a role in shaping the ways we think about and “do” gender? Then, answer these last questions for Chapter 3: 1. What words does the dominant culture use to describe transgender, genderqueer, gender nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people? 2. How can transgender, genderqueer, gender nonbinary, and gender nonconforming thinking and experiences disrupt essentialist language about gender? Part II
Find two examples in the media (TikTok, Facebook, movies, magazines, Twitter, Instagram): one which reinforces the body image issues discussed in Chapter 4, and another that demonstrates how people are challenging unrealistic ideals. Write 3 – 5 sentences for each source explaining how they are connected to what you’ve read. Please be sure to include the links for your sources.

Using any part of Jeffrey Weeks (“Sexuality in History”), Susan Stryker (“Subjugated” Knowledges”), or the essays by Foucault, and no fewer than two other readings from the syllabus, explain how identity is socially constructed by the knowledge of sexuality–or the medical ideas associated with sexology. You might find the readings by Freud and Krafft-Ebing helpful here, as well. Argue for the ways in which identity differs from behavior, and the ways in which “official” versus “unofficial” knowledge informs sexuality as an institution—or a set of rules. Illustrate these two ideas—the “social construction” of sexuality and the significance of sexuality-as-knowledge—by pointing to a specific example from any unit in our readings. Your answer should account for geographic and chronological specificity, and the example you use should distinguish clearly between gender identity (like cisgender versus transgender identity) and identity based on sexual orientation (like bisexual, lesbian, or gay identity). In addition to accounting for the complexity of regional differences, incorporate an analysis of race or class where appropriate. (Do not use any other sources than those mentioned and attached)

write a research essay in English. The essay should be typewritten and double-spaced. You should write a well-structured essay with a clear thesis statement supported by relevant textual evidence. The essay should follow the MLA format.
Women and History: History always focuses on grand events and victors. But some women writers, such as Eileen Chang, Xiao Hong, and Yan Geling, write about history differently. They embrace a downward perspective and consider the female, marginalized characters as the subjects/makers of history in their narratives about history. Their narratives reveal women’s suffering and struggle in history. Please choose three authors and give your analysis of how they represent history from a female perspective.
1.Love in Fallen city is for Eileen Chang.
2.This link is for Yan Gelin’s movie:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E5dZRjLoUzbAK8bCTry5geuVcbkEwU_Z/view?usp=drivesdk

3. Xiao Hong ‘s article in the following document as well.