Psych of Gender week 6 paper

Psych of Gender Assignment 6-1
Gender Outlaw: on men, women, and the rest of us by Kate Bornstein
When Kate was a small boy, she had a chair in a dark corner of the basement that she pretended was her gender change machine. She could sit in it, become a girl, and imagine great adventures for [...]

Would they make a cardboard box out of me?

Since I carry an organ donor card, I hope they could reuse more of me than that ….

Psych of Gender week 5 paper

The assignment: Use these questions as a starting point for your paper.
1. Describe your own gender identity.
2. Describe what aspects of your own gender identity fit within the status quo, and what does not.
3. What has been expected of you with regard to your gender?
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Psych of Gender Week 4 paper

The assignment:
# Read the first half of Written on the Body. This book begins the process of challenging preconceived notions about gender.
# Reflect back on your own understanding of gender and how your thoughts might have changed since reading the book.
# Write a paper using the questions below.
# Papers should be 2 to 4 pages [...]

Psych of Gender Week 3 paper

Psychology of Gender
Chapters 7-14
In this week’s reading assignment I particularly agreed with chapter 9, On the Construction of Gender, Sex and Sexualities. It reinforces my own observations and experiences, while explaining the broader picture of societal constructs and expectations.
Language is more than a reflection of reality; it constructs reality. Nowhere is the truth [...]

Yes, we can

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

7:19 pacific time

I’m starting to believe it’s real ….
It’s happening. It’s really happening!
What’s the mood where you are?

Election 2008

I’m as jumpy as … well, insert the cliche of your choice here. It will be 4 hours until east coast returns start coming in and I’m afraid to leave my computer. I’ve got a pile of work to do, a paper to write, a house to clean, but I can’t concentrate on [...]

It’s got to be the psych papers - or not?

Typealyzer is another analytical blog site, this time guessing what your personality assessment is based on your writing style. ISIP came out:

INTP - The Thinkers
The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding [...]

Gender really is a social construct

Given all my reading and mental gymnastics about gender lately, it seemed appropriate that I find The Gender Analyzer on Boing Boing this morning. It scans the front page of your blog and guesses if the writer is male or female. Interestingly, it missed on me. It could be because 2 of [...]

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