Teaching Feminism, Masculinity & Gender
Literature
Unit/Lesson Plans
Videos and Film
Articles/Websites
Background Knowledge
1. "High Heels Hurt Like Hell: Do Women Wear them to Signify Class and Status?"
Lisa Wade, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/high-heels-hurt-hell-do-women-wear-them-signify-class-and-status?paging=off
2. "The Social Construction of Masculinity and Femininity"
Eyes Wide Open in Society, 2007
http://socyberty.com/society/the-social-construction-of-masculinity-and-femininity/
3. "Men's Lives"
Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, 2001
http://jft-newspaper.aub.edu.lb/reserve/data/sp10127/sp10127.pdf
4. "At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to 'Women's Rights Are Human Rights'"
Barbara Crosette, 2013
http://www.thenation.com/article/173203/un-twenty-years-backlash-womens-rights-are-human-rights
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5. "100 Years later: Lessons from the Suffragettes"
Nadine Bloch, 2013
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/03/100-years-later-lessons-suffragettes#.UTUopwr1Q2Y.twitter
6. "The End of Gender Wars" (National Post)
Barbara Kay, 2009
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=07ac8a51-13ed-48a8-adbe-b016bc3e7678
7. "Many Canadian Youths Believe in Old-fashioned Gender Roles: Study" (National Post)
Derek Abma, 2011
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/22/many-canadian-youths-believe-in-old-fashion-gender-roles-study/
8. "A Letter to the Guy who Harassed me Outside the Bar"
Emily Heist Moss, 2012
http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2012-12-a-letter-to-the-guy-who-harrassed-me-outside-the-bar
9. Website - Role/Reboot
A website dedicated to articles about gender.
http://www.rolereboot.org/
10. "Why Words Like 'Manorexia,'Murse,' and 'Manscaping' are Dangerous"
Drew Bowling, 2013
http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2013-03-why-words-like-manorexia-murse-and-manscaping-are-da
11. "The Problem with Working Women is We're Still Talking About Them"
Soraya Chemaly, 2013
http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2013-03-the-problem-with-working-women-is-were-still-talking
12. "When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?"
Jeanne Maglaty, 2011
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html?c=y&page=1
13. Website - Who Needs Feminism?
"I need feminism because..."
http://whoneedsfeminism.tumblr.com/
14. Website - Everyday Feminism
A website about all things feminist - articles, commentaries, etc.
http://everydayfeminism.com/
15. "The Ones we Left Behind: On Being an Ally to Small Town Queers"
Sarah Fonesca, 2013
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/03/the-ones-we-left-behind-on-being-an-ally-to-small-town-queers/
16. Website - Jezebel.com
A website that includes feminism news
http://jezebel.com/
17. "Ladies, We Have a Problem" (New York Times)
Rebecca Traister, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/clumsy-young-feminists.html?ref=feministmovement&_r=0
18. "When is Wearing Makeup a 'Choice?'"
Jenna Sauers, 2013
http://jezebel.com/5972605/when-is-wearing-makeup-a-choice?tag=feminism
19. "Saudi Arabia and its Women" (New York Times)
2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/opinion/saudi-arabia-and-its-women.html?ref=feministmovement&_r=0
20. "A Fight to Save Baby Girls in India" (New York Times)
Didi Kirsten Tatlow, 2013
http://global.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/world/asia/a-fight-to-save-baby-girls-in-india.html?ref=thefemalefactor