- Subject:
- Sociology
- Material Type:
- Module
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division
- Provider:
- Ohio Open Ed Collaborative
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
- Language:
- English
- Media Formats:
- Text/HTML
Education Standards
Race/Ethnicity of College Faculty
Toys Are More Divided by Gender Now Than They Were 50 Years Ago
Understanding Sex and Gender
What Gender is Science?
Explain and be able to give examples of gender socialization
Overview
OER Text material
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World Chapter 11 Section 1
Chapter 11 Section 1 compares sex and gender, differentiates biological and cultural influences on gender, and discusses gender socialization. The section on socialization includes a description of agents of socialization and a discussion of how family, peers, schools, mass media, and religion serve as agents of socialization. It provides a clear and fairly comprehensive coverage of gender socialization.
Supplementary Material (Videos and Reading)
Huffington Post- Gender Roles in Media
This 2014 article discusses gender roles in the media. The Bechdel test is described and examples given.
The Atlantic “Toys Are More Divided by Gender Now Than They Were 50 Years Ago”
This 2014 article looks at how toys are increasingly more gendered.
Contexts What gender is Science
Context article looking at the relationship between gender socialization and STEM.
Data
National Center for Education Statistics
Race, ethnicity and gender of college university faculty and staff