How does television and movies teach gender?
Discussion: Normalizing Male Dominance
Discussion: Normalizing Male Dominance

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TOPIC 1: MEDIA AND SEXUALITY
How does television and movies teach gender? What film or television serious had the most influence on your gender role? What can be done to improve how children are influenced by media? (please focus on TV shows and films and not advertising)

Text: Chapter 1
Reading: Smith, J. (2013). Normalizing Male Dominance: Gender Representation in 2012 Films. Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy. (Link to Word Document) Retrieved from https://griid.org/2013/02/12/normalizing-male-dominance-gender-representation-in-2012-films/
Video: Colin Stokes (2012) How movies teach manhood TED talk (15 mins) http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_stokes_how_movies_t… (CC)
TOPIC 2: SEX RESEARCH ETHICS TUSKEGEE STUDY
After reading the article on the Tuskegee study, reflect on what you feel were the main violations of ethics. What do you feel are the main ethical concerns facing sexuality research today?

Resources:

Text Chapter 2
Brandt, A. M. (1978, December). Racism and research: The case of the Tuskegee Syphilis study. The Hastings Center Report, 8(6): 21-29. (PDF)
Carmody, M. (2007, March 13). Sexuality Research: Ethics. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer, George (ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Blackwell Reference Online. doi 1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x Retrieved from http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/subscriber/tocnode.html?id=g9781405124331_chunk_g978140512433125_ss1-106 (Link to Word Document)

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