An early graduation present

A beautiful quilt made by my talented daughter Julie. Thanks, sweetie!

Psych of Gender, Final Paper

I only got a 95 on this.  He said it was more a social analysis than a psychological one.  He’s right.  I don’t really get the difference.  I wish I had a chance to do it over.
Discrimination As A Pathway to Violence in Enforcing Gender Norms
Angie Zapata, 18, Greeley, Colorado. Duanna Johnson, 43, Memphis, Tennessee. [...]

Psych of Gender week 7 paper 1

Psychology of Gender
Gender Outlaw, Part II
To read Gender Outlaw, one would think that Kate Bornstein has spent most of her life in a vacuum, elementally alone and only occasionally brushing against the world of another. In addressing the reactions of people in her life to her transition, what to me is as interesting as [...]

Psych of Gender Week 7 paper 2

Psych of Gender
Gender Observation and Imagination, 7-2
For my gender observation exercise I sat in a coffee shop in downtown Spokane which is frequented heavily by young adults ages 14 to 30. I found that gender differences were more exaggerated with this age group than with older adults and therefore more interesting.
One of the biggest [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Psych of Gender week 2 paper 2

Psychology of Gender
Sex Role Observation
I did my observations at the Spokane Valley Mall at 7:30 on Thursday night. Traffic was light, but there were enough people to make a few generalizations. For sake of clarity I will use men and women to indicate adults, and boys and girls to label teenagers.
In the food [...]

Psych of Gender, Week 1

A new term, a new class. I dread beginnings and unknown expectations, but I got through the first week of class just fine. This is totally different than the other 2 I’ve taken; less fact-based and more thoughtful. At a minimum I’m writing a paper a week for this class. Some weeks, [...]

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