Problem
1) What is a middle sex? In what cultures recognize those who are middle sex?
2) In Western culture, a clear two sex and two gender distinction is the norm. Dr. Jhally outlines a couple consequences that have resulted from this. What are they?
3) What does the term, "Gender Display" mean?
4) Why does Dr. Goffman study advertisements as commercial realism?
5) What does Dr. Goffman say about hands within advertisements?
6) What is Dr. Goffman's idea of "ritualization of subordination"?
7) What does the bashful knee-bend, crossed-legged, and head tilt postures represent?
8) What does Dr. Jhally say about the psychological portrayals of women and men?
9) Through the shared findings of a study by Grayson and Stein, what do we know about the men who assault women within the study?
10) Explain the statements made by Dr. Goffman: "Boys have to push their way into manhood" while "girls merely have to unfold."
11) What are the consequences of showing women as young girls within advertisements?
12) How is masculinity defined in our culture? How does it relate to how we define femininity?
13) What is the new presentation of ideal women that has appeared more recently in advertising and media? How is it still connected to the standard female gender code?
14) What are the two reasons that women in athletics are trapped in the ritualized gender codes?
15) Where do the images found in advertisements come from? How does this relate to history?