Background:
Over the next week, we will enter into a discussion about gender: how it is culturally constructed, the different characteristics associated with each gender, and the power structure reflected in, and reinforced by, these stereotypes. Below is the gender essay prompt that will reappear for this week’s timed essay. Have this prompt in mind as you gather your information this week from assigned readings and viewings.
Prompt:
In a 3-5 page essay, analyze an image that reinforces gender stereotypes, challenges gender stereotypes, or perhaps both reinforces and challenges gender stereotypes.(This image can be from a magazine, an advertisement, online–what’s important is that it is a still image that speaks in some way to gender/gender roles.)