Guys and Dolls

Okay BO gang, I need you to put your thinking caps on (I’ve definitely lost mine, somewhere between a second- or was it third?- glass of wine. Mom thought it would be a good idea to finish off the bottle in the fridge…oops)

Really, I’m supposed to be preparing for my tutorial on Tuesday and we’re doing a Chapter on ‘Sex, Gender and Sexuality’. One of my goals of the lesson is a re-thinking of our gender stereotypes by exploring the way we are socialized to perform our particular gender role. Actually, I’m sure you don’t really care about that, and all I really need from you is to START those gender stereotypes for our exercise:

I’ve got two lists, ‘boys’ and girls’ and I need you to come up with some characteristics that are usually attributed to one or the other. For example, boys are tough, girls are delicate, boys get angry, girls get moody- they don’t have to be opposites (although sometimes that helps to think of them!), someone could do a whole list of ‘boys’ attributes, but see what you can come up with!

Thanks!