Essential Question
- BIG ONE: What is the impact of the gender roles that society creates and enforces?
- “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”
- What is the distinction between sex and gender?
- When do gender roles result from beliefs and pressures about the proper way to behave?
- When do gender roles become stereotypical views of what it means to be a woman or a man?
- What other forces define gender roles?
- How does ethnicity contribute to the expectations of what is masculine or feminine behavior?
- How does setting--a small town, an athletic field, a formal dinner--reflect a group’s expectations and values?
- When do socially constructed roles hinder individual expression or choice?
- Why are certain professions dominated by men and other by women?
- How do beliefs about sex or gender differences affect public policy, including education?
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