Men in Petticoats To evaluate perspectives on cross-dressing. LO: To analyse and compare 19th/21st century texts. To evaluate perspectives on cross-dressing. To explore what it means to ‘become a woman’.

‘One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.’ Simone de Beauvoir

Your Questions How do you become a woman? How are they not ‘born’ a woman? Does the same work for men? What are they before they become a woman? Is being a woman harder than being a man even if society has changed? How is someone not born a woman, but becomes one? Why is becoming a woman different to being born as one? How do you become a woman if you’re not born? What would you have to do to ‘become’ a woman? Why would someone not be a woman even if that’s their gender? Does this have any links with transgender and ‘becoming’ a gender people don’t see you as?

3 questions we will focus on: How do you become a woman? What are they before they become a woman? Does the same work for men? Today:

Dictionary Challenge Drag Cross-Dressing Male Female Feminine Masculine Transgender Deviance Gender

Dictionary Challenge Drag: clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man; more theatrical. Cross-Dressing: wearing clothing typical of the opposite sex. Male: Biological sex referring to men. Female: Biological sex referring to women. Feminine: having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness. Masculine: having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men. Transgender: a person whose self-identity does not conform to conventional notions of male or female gender. Deviance: the fact or state of diverging from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour. Gender: Society’s ideas regarding what it means to be male/female.

Woman What do we think the word ‘woman’ may now mean? Think, pair, share (2 mins)

Discuss your first impression of these pictures with a partner. (2 minutes) Can you answer the question ‘How do you become a woman’ yet?

Where are you now? Red: I have no idea what it means to become a woman. Amber: I have some idea what it means to become a woman. Green: I know exactly what it means to become a woman.

Do you agree with this statement? Why / Why not? Write your opinion in your book, justifying your answer. Write at least 3 lines. (5 mins)

Victorian Morality The term represents the morality of the people living in the Victorian time. It especially refers to the moral climate in general in Great Britain during the 19th Century. Victorian morality can be described as a set of values that supported sexual repression, low tolerance of crime, and a strong social ethic. Due to the enormous impact and importance of the British Empire, many of these values were spread across the world.

Extraordinary Revelations - 1871 What is the modern day equivalent of a Penny Dreadful newspaper? Using what you have learnt so far about tabloid papers, predict the audience and purpose of the article you are about to read. Write your prediction in your books. (2 mins)

Fanny and Stella Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park were two Victorian cross-dressers who appeared as defendants in a celebrated trial in London in 1871, charged "with conspiring and inciting persons to commit an unnatural offence". After the prosecution failed to establish that wearing women's clothing was in any sense a crime, both men were acquitted. http://dangerousminds.net/comments/fanny_and_stella_the_two_victorian_gentlemen_who_shocked_england1 http://www.run-riot.com/articles/blogs/queer-theatre-icon-neil-bartlett-talks-ben-walters-about-fabulous-and-brave-stella-in

Neil McKenna on Fanny and Stella As you watch the video, make notes on the following question: How did Fanny and Stella challenge Victorian Morality?

Q4 - NOTES Fanny and Stella (pre 1914) It is morally wrong. Who do you think you are? (post 1914) It is morally wrong.

Questions on Fanny and Stella (12 minutes) What is the author’s perspective regarding cross-dressing? Are Fanny and Stella women? How do you become a woman? EXT: What are they before they become a woman? Does the same work for men?

Where are you now? Red: I have no idea what it means to become a woman. Amber: I have some idea what it means to become a woman. Green: I know exactly what it means to become a woman.

21st Century Attitudes

How far have attitudes to cross-dressing changed in the 21st Century? Is dressing like a woman the same as BEING a woman? Think, pair, share (2 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC8Ls-5nRxM

Q4 - NOTES Fanny and Stella (pre 1914) It is morally wrong Who do you think you are? (post 1914) It is morally wrong Cross-dressing is an expression of gender and gender is simply a performance.

Who do you think you are? Jacqueline Rose on trans (5 mins) What is the author’s perspective regarding cross-dressing? How do you become a woman? EXT: What are they before they become a woman? Does the same work for men?

Q4 – Compare attitudes to cross-dressing across both texts. Compare the ways the writers’ ideas and perspectives regarding cross-dressing are conveyed. Comment on the texts’ GAP in relation to how this influences their perspectives. Give examples of the methods used and comment on their effects. Writer’s ideas Writer’s perspective Methods Fanny and Stella Who do you think you are?

Exemplar Both texts explore the idea of gender performance and cross-dressing. However, the perspectives of both writers are distinctly different . . .

Q4 – your response (16 minutes)

Q4 mark scheme Level 4 Detailed, perceptive 13-16 marks Shows a detailed understanding of the differences between the ideas and perspectives Compares ideas and perspectives in a perceptive way Analyses how methods are used to convey ideas and perspectives Selects range of judicious quotations from both texts Level 3 Clear, relevant 9-12 marks Shows a clear understanding of differences between the ideas and perspectives Compares ideas and perspectives in a clear and relevant way Explains clearly how methods are used to convey ideas and perspectives Selects relevant quotations to support from both texts Level 2 Some, attempts 5-8 marks Identifies some differences between the ideas and perspectives Attempts to compare ideas and perspectives Some comment on how methods are used to convey ideas and perspectives Selects some quotations/references, not always supporting (from one or both texts) Level 1 Simple, limited 1-4 marks Simple awareness of different ideas and/or perspectives Simple cross reference of ideas and/or perspectives Simple identification of how differences are conveyed Simple references or textual details from one or both

Mark scheme What level and mark do you think your Q4 response is?

Peer assess

Please number each line of your writing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 etc

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Red pen Respond to your EBI and improve your Q4 response.

How do you become a woman? Write a paragraph in your books answering this question. You have 5 minutes!

Where are you now? Red: I have no idea what it means to become a woman. Amber: I have some idea what it means to become a woman. Green: I know exactly what it means to become a woman.