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/ Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Spring 2009
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– Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Essay Assignment #2
Length: 5-7 pages, or approximately 1500-1800 words
Using examples from at least three different assigned readings (and/or films shown in
class), choose ONE of the following two topics and write a 5-7 page essay in response to
it. You will need to draw examples from the texts we have read to support your points;
use parenthetical citations to document the sources you use. Be sure that you are
introducing your quotes adequately, creating smooth transitions between your own
writing and that of your sources. Your essay should include a clear thesis statement in
which you make an argument in answer to the question you choose.
1. Children experience socialization at a very early age. Drawing from the studies by
Thorne and Twine, explain what the implications of these essays are for changing
the way we view gender and race in society. How might the conclusions of these
social scientists (and/or Lorber, Kimmel etc.) be in conflict with emerging
biological findings by Fausto-Sterling, Kessler, and the failed e of John
Money’s famous Reimer twins case?