We have all heard about the girl who wants to join the wrestling team and the boy who wants an Easy-Bake Oven. Think about some of your earliest experiences with gender. Consider at school, extracurricular activities, your parents, your friends, etc. Discuss gender roles, stereotypes, myths, and/or controls in society that existed then and you see exist today. Do you feel that males or females have more or less “controls” placed on them by society? Is it fair? Do you believe that boys and girls/men and women should stick to the qualities, interests, etc., that society deems appropriate for their gender?

No more than 300 words.

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Prepare an outline for the essay assigned for the Module 2 Case using the Formal Essay Outline.

Note: Module 2 SLP should be completed before the Module 2 Case.

Reflecting on the four gender-related videos for Module 2, write a well-organized and well-supported essay in which you help challenge society’s limiting gender narratives.

A well-organized essay has a beginning, middle, and an end. The beginning, or introduction, should include an opening sentence to grab your reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topic or situation. In this case, it would be an explanation of gender roles, stereotypes, myths, and/or controls in society today. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of the essay, which in this case, would be a statement affirming what needs to be done to limit gender narratives in society today.

A well-supported essay includes supporting points, details, and examples. For this essay, you must decide the best way to organize the body of the paper. Will you have a paragraph for each change? Will you divide the body of your paper into three or more paragraphs, one for each point? In any case, each body paragraph must support (explain) your reasoning (rationale) using specific details. Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence that states the main point of the paragraph.

The conclusion typically summarizes the main points of the essay and/or closes with a lasting impression that connects the reader to their world. In this case, where is our society headed? Is it too late for change?

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Males and females still have less control over what affects them in society today. Societal expectations have held males and females as hostages for a long time. There is a need to change this narrative to give everyone equal chances and opportunities to pursue what affects them. While growing up, one of my friends, Jacinta, was a great fan of baseball. She badly wanted to join the baseball team, but all the players were male and could not allow her to play with them. The game was generally considered a boy’s game at the time, and the coach denied her the chance to join the game because of her gender. The coach told her that Softball was the appropriate game for her since it is considered a girl’s game. The parents had to intervene to allow Jacinta to join the baseball team. Even after joining, Jacinta faced resistance from the players because they did not want a girl in the team.(1756 words)