1. Sex is an individuals biological and genetics. While gender is what an individuals believes he or she is depending on the roles and behaviors.
2. I was doing gender when I went shopping with the girls and got a manicure and pedicure, and then got ready to enjoy the night.
3a) Risman and Seale used interviews as their method of research. Their study population consisted of forty-four middle school students, 17 boys and 27 girls. During Fall 2003 and Summer 2004 for about 1-2 hours, in Southeast City, US.
3b) One limitation that the authors mentioned was that there was no physical observation so they had to rely on what the students said.
3c) The tweens stated at the beginning of the interview that males and females are equal. But after they answered some questions based on gender and jobs they started to stereotype and noticed that gender norms do exist.
3d) The “girly-girl” is someone who is completely focused on physical appearance, prissy, wears high heels and a lot of make-up, boy-obsessed, and gossips a lot. The “tomboy” is someone who is athletic and roughed no where near the “girly-girl.”
3e) I think that children act like girls or boys because it's learned from parents and society. That's why I pick "nurture/learned" these children see their parents buying them specific colors, items, and toys and that's when they learn what colors, items, and toys are appropriate for them. I definitely think that we create these gender roles by rewarding children for gender appropriate behaviors because before they go to school they are brought certain toys to play with at home that when they go to school they play with the toy they are familiar with already. Working in a day care center I have noticed boys playing in the kitchen and teachers have never told the boys that they are not allowed to play there. In fact teachers emphasize for all children to try all different playing activities. I feel that girls like pink and boys like blue because usually those are the colors of items and toys that surround them which reflect on the fact that we learn to like these colors. However, I feel that children should be free to like whatever color they like and be able to play with whatever toys they want to.
4. Print this copy in word so you can add T for true and F for False
1. F In the year 2000, 64.6 percent of mothers with children younger than age 6 were part of the labor force.
2. __F__ The number of working mothers with children ages 6 to 17 increased by 15 percent between 1975 and 1980.
3. __F__ During the period 1995 to 2001, the number of working mothers with children younger than age 6 increased by more than 5 percent.
4. __T__ In the last five years on the chart, the percentage of working mothers with children younger than age 18 decreased.
5. __T__ The number of working mothers with children younger than age 6 went above the 50 percent mark for the first time between the years 1980 and 1985.
6. __F__ The number of working mothers with children ages 6 to 17 has not been below 70 percent since 1980.
7. __T__ The number of working mothers with children younger than age 6 decreased between 1997 and 2001.
8. __F__ In 1955, fewer than one-fourth of all mothers with children under age 18 were part of the U.S. workforce.
9. __T__ Working mothers with children younger than age 6 have always made up a smaller percentage of the workforce than those who have children ages 6 to 17.
10. __T__ In the year 2001, more than three-fourths of all mothers of children ages 6 to 17 were part of the labor force.
6. Yes, I do think that women are doing as I expected. By looking at the increase of mothers with children under 18 years old, there is a significant gap from 1955 to 2004. It shows that there is a 43.7% increase in the amount of mothers working. The disappointing factor is that women still get paid less then men. This still shouldn't be happening.
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