Author Archives: Hollis F. Glaser

Discussion 5 | Topic & Instruction

  • Why is it important to recognize patriarchy as a system and not an individual identity?
  • While patriarchy is a system, individuals enact patriarchy in their personal thoughts, interpersonal actions, as members of institutions, and in the structures of our culture. Use the levels of oppression outlined below, to discuss how patriarchy might work at each level and how those levels influence one another.

Levels of Oppression

  • Personal – Feelings, thoughts, beliefs about others and attitudes about differences (conscious and intentional or unconscious and unintentional).
  • Interpersonal – Language, action, and behaviors.
  • Institutional – Rules, policies, practices and procedures, both written and unwritten, that an organization has that function to intentionally or unintentionally, advantage some individuals and disadvantage others.
  • Cultural/Structural – What is considered “true,” “right,” “normal,” and “beautiful.”

Format Requirements

  • Due: Wednesday February 22, 11:59 pm. 
  • Written in complete, well-formed sentences & carefully proofread
  • Engaged with the assigned text by explicitly referring to and/or citing them
  • 400-600 words. Longer, but not shorter, posts are fine. To view your word count, click the info symbol at the top of the post draft!

How to Create the Post

  • 1) Click on the black plus sign in a white circle at the very top of the site (in the black bar) to start the post draft:
  • 2) In the title box, type the title “[FirstName] [LastName] Discussion 5“.
  • 3) In the body of the post, type your response to the prompt.
  • 4) On the right side, choose the post category “Discussion 5.” Your post will not publish without a category.
  • 5) Click the blue Publish button on the top right.

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Discussion 4 | Topic & Instructions

Discussion #4 Prompt

After you have completed the readings, watch this What is Privilege video. This is a video of an exercise often used in workshops and courses to explore how privilege and oppression intersect.

https://youtu.be/hD5f8GuNuGQ

After watching the video, answer the following questions:

  • In what ways do you experience privilege?
  • In what ways do you experience oppression?
  • How does watching this video and doing the readings help you define the concepts of privilege and oppression and what are your current definitions (it’s OK to quote directly from the readings and/or use their definitions.

Format Requirements

  • Due: Wednesday February 15, 11:59 pm. 
  • Written in complete, well-formed sentences & carefully proofread
  • Engaged with the assigned text by explicitly referring to and/or citing them
  • 250-500 words. Longer, but not shorter, posts are fine. To view your word count, click the info symbol at the top of the post draft!

How to Create the Post

  • 1) Click on the black plus sign in a white circle at the very top of the site (in the black bar) to start the post draft:
  • 2) In the title box, type the title “[FirstName] [LastName] Discussion 4“.
  • 3) In the body of the post, type your response to the prompt.
  • 4) On the right side, choose the post category “Discussion 4.” Your post will not publish without a category.
  • 5) Click the blue Publish button on the top right.

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Discussion Prompt #3 | Topic and Instructions

The prompt for this week is:

What does it mean to move beyond the gender binary for Alok? Even for people who identify as cisgender, gender is fluid and complex. We all express and experience our gender in different ways, and for most of us, some aspect of our gender identity goes against the binary norm. In what ways does your gender identity go against the binary norm and in what ways does it fit the binary norm?

Make your post by Wednesday, February 8 at 11:59 pm. 

Format Requirements

  • Due: Wednesday February 8, 11:59 pm. 
  • Written in complete, well-formed sentences & carefully proofread
  • Engaged with the assigned text by explicitly referring to and/or citing them
  • 250-500 words. Longer, but not shorter, posts are fine. To view your word count, click the info symbol at the top of the post draft!

How to Create the Post

  • 1) Click on the black plus sign in a white circle at the very top of the site (in the black bar) to start the post draft:
  • 2) In the title box, type the title “[FirstName] [LastName] Discussion 3″.
  • 3) In the body of the post, type your response to the prompt.
  • 4) On the right side, choose the post category “Discussion 3.” Your post will not publish without a category. DO NOT TAG THIS WITH ANY OTHER CATEGORY AND DO NOT USE A CATEGORY STICKY.
  • 5) Click the blue Publish button on the top right.

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Discussion Post #1 Prompt

Welcome to GWS 100!

Please use this first discussion post to introduce yourself to the rest of our community.

  • Tell us a little bit about who you are in the world. What you like, dislike, what you study, where you are from, what you value, what your hopes and dreams are, whatever you want to share with us. (You can read about me here.)
  • Let us know what pronouns you use (I use they/them/theirs and she/her/hers).
  • And tell us a little bit about why you are taking this course and what you hope to learn. Are there any topics specifically that you hope we cover? Do you have suggestions for films, books, podcasts, etc. that might be useful for this class? Let us know in this first Discussion Post.
  • Also please add a picture of yourself by hitting “Media” link after you’ve hit the little cross in the circle above and uploading a picture.  I’d love to see what you look like and be able to recognize you in the hallway!

PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST WITH THE CATEGORY “DISCUSSION 1” Here is a video tutorial on how to make a post. If you want to understand the difference between a post and a comment, see this document.

Due Sunday, January 29, 2023 by 11:59 pm.

 

About Reading Reflections

Write these reading reflections in the voice you use with friends; people who share your values, and are interested in gender but don’t know the information that is in your reading. Your response should show that you: 

  • have read the text and can identify the important information;
  • understand at least three important concepts, events, or people from the text; and
  • can explain the important information from the text using examples from your own experiences. 

Reading reflection entries should be 250 words or more and are due weekly, on Wednesdays by 11:59 pm. It is advised you complete these reflections before the discussion board activity. You can think of the reflection as a warm-up to get you focused to engage with others.

To submit your reading reflections, go to the plus sign at the top of the site > type a title* and type the body of your post > choose the category “Reading Journal” on the right > publish.

*Please use the title format “Journal [Number]” for each entry.

Discussion 2 | Topic & Instructions

In this second discussion post reflect on how the readings impact your understanding of gender and feminism.

Prompt

In the essay, “Feminist Politics Where We Stand” bell hooks defines feminism as: “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”

  • Explain what you understand this definition to mean.
  • How does this definition compare with what you thought “feminism” meant before you did this reading?
  • How does the reading Sex and Gender 101 compare with what you thought about gender before you did this reading?

Format Requirements

  • Due: Wednesday February 1, 11:59 pm. 
  • Written in complete, well-formed sentences & carefully proofread
  • Engaged with the assigned text by explicitly referring to and/or citing them
  • 400-600 words. Longer, but not shorter, posts are fine. To view your word count, click the info symbol at the top of the post draft!

How to Create the Post

  • 1) Click on the black plus sign in a white circle at the very top of the site (in the black bar) to start the post draft:
  • 2) In the title box, type the title “[FirstName] [LastName] Discussion 2“.
  • 3) In the body of the post, type your response to the prompt.
  • 4) On the right side, choose the post category “Discussion 2.” Your post will not publish without a category.
  • 5) Click the blue Publish button on the top right.

More Help:

  • Here is a video tutorial on how to publish a post.
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