Assignment
• How was work organized in American families between 1630 and 1800 - what kind of work were women, men, and children expected to do.
• What were the cultural assumptions made about the innate character of white middle class women, men, and children in Puritan New England in the 1600's and beginning of the 1700s.
• When were the first factories opened in the United States and what product did they specialize in?
• When did middle class women's work become separated from that of middle class men's work and how was the work differentiated?
• Describe the concept of culture.
• What are the building blocks of culture?
• How do games and stories reinforce cultural beliefs?
• What kind of work was typically open to middle class women starting in the late 1800s - continuing on to this day? What technological innovation led to an increase in this type of work?
• What is the female cultural prototype known as Rosie the Riveter and which group of women does she represent?
• What kind of work did Native American Women in upper New York and the U.S. Plains perform?
• At the time the European Settlers arrived in North America, who had more freedom and independence -- American Indian women or Euro-American women?
• What is the difference between "sex" & "gender?"
• What evidence is there to show that most gender differences are cultural rather than biological?
• What does the word, "misogyny" mean?
• What does the term "Matrix of Domination" mean?
• What does the terms "racism" mean?
• What does the term "sexism," mean?
• What does the term "discrimination" refer to?
• What does the "social construction of gender" refer to?
• What were the key points made in the documentary, "Tough Guise?"
• Who was Martha Ballard and what Occupation did she hold?
• What does the concept of "coverture" aka "feme covert" refer to?
• What does the concept of "republican motherhood" refer to?
• What were the key points made in Jackson Katz's documentary Tough Guise?
• What does the term "Hegemonic Male" refer to, and who is the American Hegemonic male today?
• Which different handsome Male prototypes existed throughout American history?
• What were the different "beautiful" female prototypes that existed throughout American history?
• Which social forces give rise to changes in gender roles?
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