Section 2 (about 1.5 pages (400-500 words)):

• Once you have discussed who you are now, explain how you got here.

• How were you socialized into the particular gendered being that

you are now? Where did you learn your gender? What

institutions and social groups shaped who you are today?

• Be very specific and provide examples for each institution and

social group (e.g., My mother always dressed me in pink and

taught me to cook and clean; At religious school I was

told/expected to ...; My role in the family was..., My teachers

told me..., I was encouraged to participate in..., My father

taught me to shave, etc.).

. For full credit, include at least three (3) examples from three

different institutions as described above.

• The discussion in Section 2 should clearly relate to the examples of how

you "do gender" presented in Section 1. For example, if you talk about

wearing makeup or a tie in Section 1, you could discuss how you learned

to do so and to feel comfortable with it in Section 2.

• Refer to the learning resources directly as needed in this section (at

least twice) to support your claims about gender and/or to connect your

personal experience to the larger context of sociological scholarship.

Your paper will be reviewed using Turnitin prior to being graded. For more information about the use

of Turnitin in this course, please review the material in the syllabus.