Gender and sexuality are taken up in myriad ways in our day-to-day lives. This assignment provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to apply course learning to current events. Choose a news article that addresses a social issue related to content covered in any of the materials from Units 6, 7, 8, or 9 (Childhood and Identity Formation; RelationshipsFrom Friends to Family; Sex and Sexuality; Gender, Jobs, and Income Inequality).

The news article should be current (within the past three years). You will write a three-page paper and create a 5- to 7-minute presentation to give to a friend or family member that summarizes the article, offers a critical analysis of it in relation to course content and texts, and opens up a space for conversations about how gender and sexuality are portrayed in the media. The first three pages of your paper will contain a summary of the news article alongside your critical reflection on its content in relation to course material. You will draw from at least three course readings to substantiate your analysis.

The fourth page of your paper will be devoted to your reflections on your presentation to your friend or family memberconsider what stood out as meaningful, relevant, and interesting to you, as the presenter, and to them, as the audience. Did your critical analysis of the article affirm or contradict your or their beliefs about gender and sexuality? Did it change how you or they will engage with the topic moving forward?

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For this assignment you could choose a recent news article that discusses topics such as gender role... View the full answer