Gender Inequality Within The United States Of The English...

In today s society we have gender inequality without us even knowing we are doing it, because it is how we are all raised. From when a lot of us were younger we have seen everyone else â€Å" doing gender† so we have picked up on it.By doing gender we create different levels that men and women are put on. These levels are not natural they are man made. The culture we are raised in assigns and creates for us the different attributes and behaviors. Since we are aware of the expectations that are held over our heads we usually chose to act upon those. Instead of acting according to the consequences we know exist. If we do not go along with our gender expectations we know we will be labeled as different so only certain people stand up to our â€Å"natural gender† expectations. From what we know as â€Å"doing gender† we decided to look for it in the English department of KU. We specifically wanted to know if there is evidence of students behaving in gendered ways when they interact and participate in KU English Classes? (Doing Gender) For example: Do professors respond to students in gendered ways? Is there a difference in participation based on race? To conduct our research we started by finding five English classes that we could go into and observe the interaction during class. We tried to get an even balance of male and female teachers to avoid bias. During a class that we sat in on we looked for who would participate in class when prompted. ( as in who raised their hand or whoShow MoreRelatedHistory of Social Work18530 Words   |  75 PagesTradition ...................................................................................................................................................17 The Welfare State – ................................................................................................................................................17 The Welfare State Why did it all start? .................................................................................................................17 Three Social Security Strategies