Sociologists representing all three major theoretical perspectives study the role sexuality plays in social life today. Scholars recognize that sexuality continues to be an important and defining social location and that the manner in which sexuality is constructed has a significant effect on perceptions, interactions, and outcomes.

1. Which of the 3 main sociological perspectives do you most identify with when thinking about gender, sex, and sexuality (Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, or Symbolic Interactionism)? Why?

2. To what extent do you support full gender equality? In our text, it says: "...Family is the first agent of socialization. There is considerable evidence that parents socialize sons and daughters differently..." // When/if you are raising your children, how do you think boys & girls should be raised differently? How should they be raised similarly? Be specific and use examples from your own life! (200 words)