First, watch the video entitled “Jackson Katz TedTalk”
Then follow the instructions in the prompt:
Describe TWO things that you learned or found interesting in the talk.
The title of Jackson Katz’s TedTalk is “Violence Against Women – It’s a Men’s Issue”. Using concrete examples from the talk, what exactly does Jackson Katz mean by “It’s a Men’s Issue”? And how, according to him, has our society made it seem like violence against women is NOT a men’s issue? Be specific.
One of the things Katz recommends to address the issue of violence against women is men holding other men accountable, in big and small ways. First, describe what exactly Katz would like to see men do (in order to hold other men accountable). Second, what do you think of this idea? In what ways is this idea potentially helpful? What are some potential problems with it?
Category: Women Studies
THE READINGS-
*please be advised that some of these links may be behind a paywall, if you access too many times. Make sure when you open a link that comes from the internet, be ready to either print or read and annotate to avoid restricted access.
Penn State, “Gender Diversity Terminology, Click HERELinks to an external site. to have a working definition of terms relating to this unit.
Human Rights Campaign, “Understanding the Trans Community.” Click HERELinks to an external site.
Trans and Gender Identity Issues in Academia
“Feminist Perspective on Trans Issues,” Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2014. Click HERELinks to an external site. *You are only reading the first three sections.*
Joanna Moorehead: “Kathleen Stock: Taboo Around Gender Identity Has Chilling Effect on Academics,” The Guardian. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Coleen Flaherty, “Professor at Odds With Her University Over Gender Identity,” Inside Higher Ed: March 25, 2021. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Emily Crockett, The Controversy over Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Trans Women, Explained,” Vox: May 15, 2017. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Policy and Laws that Affect Trans People
Federal:
14th Amendment Cornell School of Law Click HERELinks to an external site.
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Emily Tillet, “Controversial Trump Administration Ban On Transgender Troops Goes Into Effect,” CBS News: April 12, 2019. Click HERELinks to an external site.
The White House, “Executive Order on Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform, January 25, 2021. Click HERELinks to an external site.
State:
Jaclyn Diaz, “Virginia Moves to Restrict the Rights of Trans Students in Public Schools,” National Public Radio: September 18, 2022. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Reuters: Alabama Ban on Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Youth Takes Effect, NBC News May 2022 Click HERELinks to an external site.
Transwomen and Cultural Issues Through Oral Interviews
Julie Moreau, “‘Laughed out of interviews’: Trans Workers Discuss Job Discrimination,” NBC News: May 2019. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Human Rights Campaign, “Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2022.” Click HERELinks to an external site.
Links to an external site.Allie Bohm and Bobby Hodgson, “Three Trans Women Stories Illustrate a Wider Problem,” NYCLU. Click HERELinks to an external site.
Gender Minorities, (Mis)Representation of Transgender Women in Film. Click HERELinks to an external site.
INSTRUCTIONS-
Here is your prompt:
How has this unit challenged your understanding of transwomen? Coming into this unit, what was your general understanding of transwomen? In other words, how had your individual experiences, beliefs, communities, and culture shaped your understanding of transwomen? In digging into the materials, what information were you most reactive to? (this can be both a positive and negative reaction). After studying the ,materials, has anything about your understanding changed? Does this unit influence your understanding, if yes, how so? Whatever beliefs or stereotypes you had regarding transwomen was changed or reversed by this unit?
While I am not looking to compete with your personal beliefs. However, you have to contend with the fact that this unit has widened and deepened your perspective and understanding of trans-communities, regardless of your personal feelings.
This writing assignment is a reflective or journal/diary piece. Because of that, you are allowed to write in first person or use “I.”
The prompt has some questions listed but you are more than welcomed to write beyond my questions.
Final Paper This assignment is worth a significant percentage of your overall
points in the course. I realize some students do not like this kind of
“weighting” of a project or paper, but this
weighting is appropriate to an upper division course at a four year university.
The key concept we will be developing an understanding of
throughout the semester is intersectionality.
The final paper is the culmination of this development.
Your paper will be based on research of a website of an organization
that does social justice advocacy work. The “data” of your research will come
from the organization’s website. You will collect data from the website in
order to answer a specific question-Does
this organization use an “intersectional framework” in their work?
For purposes of this paper, an “intersectional framework” is one that understands gender and race
as intersecting, overlapping, converging, etc.
Where Do I Find the Issues and Websites to Select From for My
Final Research Paper?
@Blackboard, Final Papers folder. Inside are two folders, “Gender
Justice” and “Racial Justice.” Inside each are issues commonly identified
primarily as either Gender OR Racial Justice issues. Each issue has a list of
organizations under it with a link to the website of each organization.
How do I Research the Organization and Website I Select?
Choose one issue, one organization and their website that
interest you. You will have a chance to browse these folders, organizations,
etc in April. The instructor will have you do a series of research “workshops”
on your Discussion Board where you’ll post answers to Instructor’s Questions
over examples of organizations and websites not on those from which you select
yours for the final paper. In doing your research, you will write down notes as
you examine your website seeking to answer the following question, Does this
organization as represented by its website use an “intersectional framework?”
Your paper will be an
argumentative essay in which you answer that question and support it by
paraphrasing what you found on your website.
The two goals of this last and
major assignment:
1) to apply the concept of the “intersectionality
of gender and race,” at an introductory undergraduate level
2) to demonstrate the ability to
write at the college level:
Formatting The final paper for
the course is a 6 pg. (approximately) essay in which you make an argument and
support it with evidence from you’re the website you use for your research. The
paper must be typed, double spaced, with 1-inch margins, no larger than 12 pt.
font.
The word count for this paper is approximately 550 words for
two pages=1375 words total. HOWEVER, this is approximate. I do not put student
papers through the word count calculator in Microsoft word, unless a student
turns in a dramatically shorter essay. The most important goal is for you to
aim for that 6 pgs. In length. If your paper is 5 or 7 pgs. and is
excellent, you will not lose points.
HOWEVER, in my experience, if a final paper is under 5 pgs., there are usually places in the
writing where a point could have been more detailed, supported or simply
expanded on. I have never taken points off a student paper for going over
word or page length on any written paper.
Your paper must have a title on a title page. That page is not included as part of the
paper’s word count. The title page should include your name, class
title, class day and time, single spaced in the upper left-hand corner of the
page; the title should be centered in the upper middle half of the title
page. The paper should be numbered in the upper right-hand corner of each
page. The title page may be numbered, so that your paper is 9 pgs.
Website research on organizations
Follow the directions below in the
order they’re listed:
1) Select one of the following popularly
recognized gender justice or racial
justice issue.
Gender Justice: The following are issues I’ve identified-wage gap,
challenges to reproductive rights, challenges to LGBTQ rights, lack of
constitutional or legal equality, affordable childcare, trafficking in women,
under-representation in political life, under-representation in the justice
system (prosecutors, police officers, judges), health insurance, the “glass
ceiling,” affirmative action, sexual assault/harassment on campus.
Racial Justice: The following list is suggestive: race and economic
justice, police violence, mass incarceration education, housing, health care,
the justice system and job opportunities.
If there is an issue that
you want to do and you can explain to me why it “fits” within one of the two file
folders, contact me and ask if you can do your paper on that issue.
I will ask you to find an
organization with a website that does social justice advocacy in relationship
to that issue and to share that url with me.
Where to Find the Folder and Websites:
Blackboard, File Folder
“Final Paper Research” will contain two folders, Gender Justice and Racial
Justice
In each File Folder will
be items listing different issues. Under each issue will be a number of organizations
with links to their websites.
2) you select the issue
and the organization that does advocacy work on that issue that you want to
research. Examine the website, gathering material you find on it. You will be
searching with the paper’s question in mind-does this website have “data” on it
that indicates the organization uses an intersectional framework of gender and
race as overlapping, co-constituting of each other, converging, etc.
Intersectionality is an
uneven, incomplete practice due to the fact that organizations are founded at
different historical moments, they do not have the same constituencies as
others, they have different directors, managers, sources of funds to operate, etc.
Because you are assessing an
application of a concept, “intersectionality,” in “real life,” you will find
organizations’ websites tend to be “uneven” in their awareness and use of
intersectionality in their work. You may see a partial integration of an
awareness that gender and race intersect in society. You may see some areas or
links that take you to content that does use an intersectional framework. There
may be other areas of the website that don’t. It’s up to you to judge that
unevenness or “progress.”
This assignment thus asks you to
consider, what is “good enough” to qualify as having an awareness or analysis
of the intersection of gender and race in advocacy work around an issue? The
judgement is yours to make.
So, If you start with an
issue in the gender justice folder, you’ll be looking for how, in what ways
does or doesn’t the organization incorporate race into its understanding of
their advocacy work.
On the other hand, if you
start with an issue in the racial justice folder, you’ll be looking for how, in
what ways, does or doesn’t the organization incorporate gender into its
advocacy work.
Explore that website in
both depth and breadth. Take written notes on what you find. By “drilling down”
into the website, clicking on links and then clicking on links within linked
materials, you will gather more data. The more data you can gather, the more
assured you will be of your thesis and the more you will be able to draw on to
support that thesis.
Note-your answer to this
question and thesis for your essay does not have to be “yes” or “no,” although
it may be. Your answer and thus your essay’s thesis may be that the
organization in some ways does and in some ways does not, or “mostly” or
“somewhat.”
In addition, your paper should
address: “Do you see any limits to whatever the website does do in terms of the
intersection of gender and race? For example, if class or sexuality is not
factored in, do you find that to be a limitation? Why or not? Why Note-do
not try to describe all the limitations-i.e. every intersection that isn’t
“there.” Limit your discussion to only the intersection(s) you consider crucial.
This section of the essay should
not take up a lot of words or space in your paper.
Stop Violence Against Women (Canadian)
http://www.domesticviolenceinfo.ca/
This is my choice. Please Please follow the instructions listed above and ask questions.
Final Paper This assignment is worth a significant percentage of your overall
points in the course. I realize some students do not like this kind of
“weighting” of a project or paper, but this
weighting is appropriate to an upper division course at a four year university.
The key concept we will be developing an understanding of
throughout the semester is intersectionality.
The final paper is the culmination of this development.
Your paper will be based on research of a website of an organization
that does social justice advocacy work. The “data” of your research will come
from the organization’s website. You will collect data from the website in
order to answer a specific question-Does
this organization use an “intersectional framework” in their work?
For purposes of this paper, an “intersectional framework” is one that understands gender and race
as intersecting, overlapping, converging, etc.
Where Do I Find the Issues and Websites to Select From for My
Final Research Paper?
@Blackboard, Final Papers folder. Inside are two folders, “Gender
Justice” and “Racial Justice.” Inside each are issues commonly identified
primarily as either Gender OR Racial Justice issues. Each issue has a list of
organizations under it with a link to the website of each organization.
How do I Research the Organization and Website I Select?
Choose one issue, one organization and their website that
interest you. You will have a chance to browse these folders, organizations,
etc in April. The instructor will have you do a series of research “workshops”
on your Discussion Board where you’ll post answers to Instructor’s Questions
over examples of organizations and websites not on those from which you select
yours for the final paper. In doing your research, you will write down notes as
you examine your website seeking to answer the following question, Does this
organization as represented by its website use an “intersectional framework?”
Your paper will be an
argumentative essay in which you answer that question and support it by
paraphrasing what you found on your website.
The two goals of this last and
major assignment:
1) to apply the concept of the “intersectionality
of gender and race,” at an introductory undergraduate level
2) to demonstrate the ability to
write at the college level:
Formatting The final paper for
the course is a 6 pg. (approximately) essay in which you make an argument and
support it with evidence from you’re the website you use for your research. The
paper must be typed, double spaced, with 1-inch margins, no larger than 12 pt.
font.
The word count for this paper is approximately 550 words for
two pages=1375 words total. HOWEVER, this is approximate. I do not put student
papers through the word count calculator in Microsoft word, unless a student
turns in a dramatically shorter essay. The most important goal is for you to
aim for that 6 pgs. In length. If your paper is 5 or 7 pgs. and is
excellent, you will not lose points.
HOWEVER, in my experience, if a final paper is under 5 pgs., there are usually places in the
writing where a point could have been more detailed, supported or simply
expanded on. I have never taken points off a student paper for going over
word or page length on any written paper.
Your paper must have a title on a title page. That page is not included as part of the
paper’s word count. The title page should include your name, class
title, class day and time, single spaced in the upper left-hand corner of the
page; the title should be centered in the upper middle half of the title
page. The paper should be numbered in the upper right-hand corner of each
page. The title page may be numbered, so that your paper is 9 pgs.
Website research on organizations
Follow the directions below in the
order they’re listed:
1) Select one of the following popularly
recognized gender justice or racial
justice issue.
Gender Justice: The following are issues I’ve identified-wage gap,
challenges to reproductive rights, challenges to LGBTQ rights, lack of
constitutional or legal equality, affordable childcare, trafficking in women,
under-representation in political life, under-representation in the justice
system (prosecutors, police officers, judges), health insurance, the “glass
ceiling,” affirmative action, sexual assault/harassment on campus.
Racial Justice: The following list is suggestive: race and economic
justice, police violence, mass incarceration education, housing, health care,
the justice system and job opportunities.
If there is an issue that
you want to do and you can explain to me why it “fits” within one of the two file
folders, contact me and ask if you can do your paper on that issue.
I will ask you to find an
organization with a website that does social justice advocacy in relationship
to that issue and to share that url with me.
Where to Find the Folder and Websites:
Blackboard, File Folder
“Final Paper Research” will contain two folders, Gender Justice and Racial
Justice
In each File Folder will
be items listing different issues. Under each issue will be a number of organizations
with links to their websites.
2) you select the issue
and the organization that does advocacy work on that issue that you want to
research. Examine the website, gathering material you find on it. You will be
searching with the paper’s question in mind-does this website have “data” on it
that indicates the organization uses an intersectional framework of gender and
race as overlapping, co-constituting of each other, converging, etc.
Intersectionality is an
uneven, incomplete practice due to the fact that organizations are founded at
different historical moments, they do not have the same constituencies as
others, they have different directors, managers, sources of funds to operate, etc.
Because you are assessing an
application of a concept, “intersectionality,” in “real life,” you will find
organizations’ websites tend to be “uneven” in their awareness and use of
intersectionality in their work. You may see a partial integration of an
awareness that gender and race intersect in society. You may see some areas or
links that take you to content that does use an intersectional framework. There
may be other areas of the website that don’t. It’s up to you to judge that
unevenness or “progress.”
This assignment thus asks you to
consider, what is “good enough” to qualify as having an awareness or analysis
of the intersection of gender and race in advocacy work around an issue? The
judgement is yours to make.
So, If you start with an
issue in the gender justice folder, you’ll be looking for how, in what ways
does or doesn’t the organization incorporate race into its understanding of
their advocacy work.
On the other hand, if you
start with an issue in the racial justice folder, you’ll be looking for how, in
what ways, does or doesn’t the organization incorporate gender into its
advocacy work.
Explore that website in
both depth and breadth. Take written notes on what you find. By “drilling down”
into the website, clicking on links and then clicking on links within linked
materials, you will gather more data. The more data you can gather, the more
assured you will be of your thesis and the more you will be able to draw on to
support that thesis.
Note-your answer to this
question and thesis for your essay does not have to be “yes” or “no,” although
it may be. Your answer and thus your essay’s thesis may be that the
organization in some ways does and in some ways does not, or “mostly” or
“somewhat.”
In addition, your paper should
address: “Do you see any limits to whatever the website does do in terms of the
intersection of gender and race? For example, if class or sexuality is not
factored in, do you find that to be a limitation? Why or not? Why Note-do
not try to describe all the limitations-i.e. every intersection that isn’t
“there.” Limit your discussion to only the intersection(s) you consider crucial.
This section of the essay should
not take up a lot of words or space in your paper.
Stop Violence Against Women (Canadian)
http://www.domesticviolenceinfo.ca/
This is my choice. Please Please follow the instructions listed above and ask questions.
PAPER GUIDELINES
Your essay should be four to five pages, typed and double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5″ x 11″), with 1″ margins on all sides. Please follow the APA guidelines outlined on the following website:https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
At the Brooklyn Museum, there is a special section devoted to feminist art: The Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art. The centerpiece is a permanent art installation dubbed “The Dinner Party”, an icon of feminist art and a subject of much discussion (and, indeed, controversy) when it opened in 1979. The artist, Judy Chicago, created the work to symbolize the achievements of women in western civilization. In her piece, there are “1,038 women in history—39 women are represented by place settings and another 999 names are inscribed in the Heritage Floor on which the table rests. This monumental work of art is comprised of a triangular table divided by three wings, each 48 feet long.”
For your first paper, you will need to go to the Brooklyn Museum to view (and experience) The Dinner Party. Afterwards, you will write a paper, consisting of two parts:
PART I:
Explore (or critique) the legacy and impact of the art. You will find it helpful to think about and respond to the following questions in your paper:
· Describe The Dinner Party. List all of its various components. How is this table different from a kitchen or dining table?
· Why did Judy Chicago title this artwork The Dinner Party? What do you see to support your answer?
· The artist includes place settings for 39 different women. What objects does Judy Chicago include at every place setting? Are they all the same or different? [Note that the 39 women seated at the triangular table each have a place setting that is unique, befitting the honoree] https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/search?keyword=The+dinner+party
· Why do you think Judy Chicago “invited” these individuals to her party? What would you overhear them discussing if the party took place?
· Look closely at one place setting. Describe the different colors, shapes, lines, and textures. What materials do you see? Do you notice any symbols? Who does this place setting belong to? Judy Chicago wanted to celebrate this woman’s accomplishments. Why do you think this woman was invited to attend The Dinner Party?
PART II:
Then consider who you would invite to a dinner party for more contemporary women. Please discuss the criteria you would use to select your invitees, and describe the types of place settings you might envision for them and rationalize your choices
Try to include the current USA Vice President Kamala Harris as a woman you would invite ***
Links:
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/dinner_party/