Assignment:

Paper Requirements:  NO COVER PAGE; text is 3 pages length (see below); Times New Roman: 12 pt font.

Choose one of these 4 topics:

• Parental Leave in the Workplace
• The Gender Pay Gap
• Violence Against Women
• Sexual harassment

Identify your topic and how it relates to the course:  "Gender and Society"

How is your topic a relevant issue regarding gender?

How will you pursue a critical analysis of this topic?  

After you provide a 1-page description of your topic, include a 2-page outline of how you plan to structure the paper.  The following points from the paper should be addressed in your outline:

For the outline:   please put these questions in a highlighted color and the answer following in regular black text.

1. The background, current, and future issues related to your topic

a. Explain the background/history of the topic.  What events, laws, policies, etc. have been related to the topic?

b. How do these factors describe why your topic is an important social issue today?

c. What are the current policies, debates, controversies, etc. related to the topic?

d. How does the topic affect contemporary society?

e. What social change do you predict will occur in relation to this topic in the future?

2. The course materials and social theories that relate to your topic.

a. Which theoretical perspectives best support your argument?

c. How does your topic relate to the course and readings?

3. Critical analysis of topic

a. Clearly state your research question.

b. Discuss the relationship between gender and your selected topic.