Week 4: Gender as a Social Construct

This week Monica Collins from CSU's Women and Gender Advocacy Center (WGAC) is going to facilitate an activity called the "gender puzzle".  So far we've been talking about gender and masculinity in pretty conventional ways and this activity will help frame gender as a fluid and changing "performance", and allow us to explore masculinty, gender, sexuality, and biological sex outside of normative or conventional understandings. 

Sounds complicated right?  Well it is, and most likely because for many of us (myself included) these identities and behaviors are seen as "just the ways things are" or "normal".  When we can start to question norms and take a look at how they are constructed it can open a (good) can of worms. 

Here are a couple things that can help us get

the conversation started:

Article: Baby "X"

(Thanks Will for passing this on)

Video: Are Bronies Changing the

Definition of Masculinity

 

Also, I created a Facebook page for Men in the Movement.  Since it's an organization page it's up to you all to "like" the page, then you can share posts and start convos.  If you search for "Men in the Movement - CSU" you should be able to find it.  See you all on Wednesday!