1. Social Construction of Gender
Ms. Efford

2. Directions 1. Create a 4 column chart.
2. Label the columns Male, Female, Both, Neither
Using your first instinct, and without over-thinking, you will place each word as it appears into whichever of the four columns seems most appropriate.
NO TALKING WHATSOEVER!!!! 

3. FASHION

4. FOOTBALL

5. BREADWINNER

6. PILOT

7. STRENGTH

8. FLOWER

9. AMBITIOUS

10. PERSEVERENCE

11. COMPASSIONATE

12. BOSSY

13. HELPLESS

14. THOUGHTFUL

15. SOFT

16. BRASSY

17. DANGEROUS

18. PERPETRATOR

19. VICTIM

20. ATTRACTIVE

21. OPINIONATED

22. HOSTILE

23. EMOTIONAL

24. Social Construction of Gender
Our ability to assign gender to words or constructs has to do with the social construction of gender
Often we evoke socially sanctioned and reified constructions of gender, constructions that can hold us hostage, to limited social expectations of behavior