Gender Studies End of Course Reflection

 
Due:​ By the end of class on Monday May, 14th. 
 
Directions:​ Please answer the following questions. Each response should be 4-6 sentences. 
Please submit your responses through Google Classroom. 
 
Summary of course: 
Unit 1: Gender stereotypes, gender in the  Materials:​ Missrepresentation, The Mask 
media, and violence against women  You Live In, gender in the media poems, 
human sex trafficking, domestic violence 
case studies, violence against women, 
sexual assault, pay gap, consent 

Unit 2: LGBTQ history and the gender  Materials:​ Stonewall Uprising film, AIDS 
spectrum  crisis carousel, LGBTQ struggles carousel 
(Don't ask don't tell, DOMA, Westboro 
Baptist Church, "Religious Freedom" Acts, 
Conversion Therapy), trans rights, Pulse 
shooting and what caused it, Gender 
Revolution documentary 

Unit 3: Intersectionality: class, race,  Materials: ​Privilege Test, Wealth inequality 

gender, sexuality  in America video, Roger and Me, racism in 
housing industry, The New Jim Crow, the 
documentary 13th, Bob the striped 
triangle, heterosexual privilege reading 
 
 
Questions: 
 
1. What is your major takeaway from unit 1? In other words, what did you learn about 
gender stereotypes and the effect that they have on our society? ​Use specific examples. 
 
2. What is your major takeaway from unit 2? What is something new that you learned 
about the LGBTQIA community? ​Use specific examples.​ (You will not get credit for saying 
“I learned nothing new”). 
 
3. How would you say this course change who you are and how you see the world? ​Please 
be specific.​ Feel free to say “Before taking this course I……but now I…” 
 
 
 
 
Ara Percy  
Syeida Menebhi  
Gender studies  
May 14, 2018  
 
 

1. One of the major takeaways for unit one would have to be miss representation. 

That's part of the unit open my eyes to how women are viewed and treated in a 

America. In this unit we learned about how women over centuries and even now in 

present day women are treated unfair and terribly in society. In the movie we watch 

called miss representation women in the media are viewed as sex object . And 

because they are viewed as sex object in the media it affects how men view women 

and how women view themselves. And because men see this they view women poorly 

and women thesleves view himself poorly. This stood out because of how accurate 

and because this a big problem today. Kids are growing up and see these media 

outlets and act upon theses outlets.  

2. From unit 2 a takeaway from this unit is LGBTQIA struggles for equality. We learned 

about how they fought for freedom. What helped to understand this unit was the 

stonewall uprising film we watched in class that help to better understand this unit. 

What was shocking about this unit is how we learned about how america dealt with 

gay men. And how they would have commercials that would shown and describe gay 

men a pedificals and criminals. And because of that they were viewed negatively 

around america and still are today.  

3. This course changed who I am because it widened my eyes to social problems and 

parts of history. Without this class I would be very ignorant to some events that are 
surrounding and shaping our society today. Before taking this course I didn't even 

Notice how much gender constructs what happened around us. For example when 

learning about the wage gap and how men make more than women. And this system 

of power thats men are always on top and women are not. But this class has opened 

my mind to think deeper about gender.