Discussion Question

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Humanities

Go to https://youtu.be/QthMrCqspww and watch this brief video on gender stereotyping and inequality.

  1. What common themes are present in this video?
  2. According to the video, what roles are men expected to fulfill? What roles are women expected to fulfill?
  3. How do you think these images can affect our attitudes and our expectations for gender roles?
  4. What does it mean to act like a man? What words or expectations come to mind?
  5. What does it mean to be ladylike? What words or expectations do you think of?
  6. Are there social consequences when we do not live up to or display behavior that argues with these stereotypes?

Discussion post instructions:

– Your response should be at least six 5-6 sentence paragraphs