Gender and Culture Paper: 20%

Students will complete a 5 page paper (double spaced, 12pt., Times New Roman) paper on how sex and/or gender operate in a specific culture or subculture. Any culture is acceptable as long as conducting the research does not pose harm to you or anyone else. You really have a chance to be creative here so go for it! Students in the past have chosen a wide range of topics including gender inequality in the United States, gender and the Catholic Church, LGBT culture, gender and the NFL, gender and the media, gender and video games, coming of age in other cultures vs. US culture, quinceaneras, gender and vampire movies, gender in Japan, intersexuality, transgender, Two-Spirits, Hijras, Fafafine, etc. If you need help selecting a topic, just let me know. Emphasis should be placed on utilizing and applying the course theories and perspectives and a minimum of three scholarly sources should be used. Be very careful to cite your work properly. If students have access to the culture, they are welcome to include an ethnographic component to their paper as long as conducting the research does not pose a risk to you or anyone else.