Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Gender is Funny--Week 2 Social Constructionist Theory

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Gender is a funny thing. We associate so many of our behaviors with gender, and we see a constant emphasis of differences between genders in media. Here's an interesting clip from The Rachel Maddow Show that highlights gender differences, while at the same time, finding some commonality between genders (in that "geekdom" isn't a gendered concept). Of course, the entire segment makes no sense if we don't think about gender in it's basic binary: men/women.
What do you think?
Is this segment giving us ways to see gender differently?
Is it all about reinforcing prevailing ideas of gender?
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#32277401

1 comment:

  1. That Link did not work for me. I've tried it multiple times. Is there a direct link we can have to watch the clip.

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