discussion posting for gender in cross cultural perspective

SOC333 NS Beaini Women, Culture & Society Spring, Session 1 (Term 3) 2017 SMU Online FORUM #1 – 10 points Forum is due no later than 11:55 pm (Pacific Time), Sunday, January 29 in the ‘Activity’ module. NO late posts are accepted.

Section 1 – Concept of Gender & Domestic World/Public Worlds explores, through lectures and course readings in the text, the concept of gender from a sociological and anthropological view as well as cross-cultural examples of cultures that have distinct domestic [private] worlds or domains and public worlds.

The authors in Section 1 for this forum include:

Lamphere – examining the strengths and limitations of the domestic world women] and public worlds [men] cross-culturally Parikh - discusses the evolution and current form of marriage and how husbands’ infidelity in Uganda is related to women’s HIV risk Townsend – explores the apparent paradoxes among many American fathers who claim they want to be involved in family life, but their behavior says something different Hirsch – looks at a Mexican transnational community and the changing dynamics of family and married life Louise Lamphere discusses the changes in the sociocultural model or dichotomy [domestics vs pubic worlds] of men and women’s behavior, expectations, opportunities and roles cross-culturally. She says on pg. 87, “We now treat women more historically, viewing them as social actors and examining the variability among women’s situations within one culture and in their relationship to men.” Discussion for Forum #1 – in two parts [A & B] A. After reading the above articles and lecture materials for this Section 1, write 250 – 350 words for your focused response to the 3 questions below: [7 points] After reading the 3 different sociocultural descriptions by Parikh, Townsend and Hirsch, and applying Lamphere’s statement above, analyze and give a brief statement about what you think women’s relationships are to men in each of these 3 diverse societies. [You make also reference applicable lecture materials.] B. Choose another student’s posting to comment on. Write 150 – 250 words and explain, respectfully, why: [3 points] * You agree or disagree with their assessment or analysis above. Discussion points will be deducted if at least the minimum number of words for your point and response are not met. {Refer to word counts above}