How does the conceptualization of gender within your culture shape your own gender identity?

Please find THREE articles/photos/posts/podcasts/videos depicting gender roles in a culture.

  • One article/photo/posts/podcast/video should depict stereotypically masculine gender norms/roles
  • one article/photo/posts/podcast/video should depict stereotypically feminine gender norms/roles.
  • The THIRD article/photo/posts/podcast/video should depict noncompliance with gender norms within a culture.

Analyze EACH article/photo/post/podcast/video separately and answer the following questions for each:

  • Briefly describe the article/photo/post/podcast/video and why you chose to use it for this assignment
  • Provide a detailed analysis of how the article/photo/post/podcast/video portrays gender within the cultural context.
  • Based on this article/photo/video/podcast, how is gender conceptualized within this particular culture?

Then, answer the following questions as an overall reflection (not for each article/photo/posts/podcast/video)

  • What role does the media play in shaping gender norms/identity?
  • How does the conceptualization of gender within your culture shape your own gender identity?
  • Provide 2 culturally-specific recommendations for moving away from the gender binary (male/female) and instead seeing gender as more of a spectrum.