In Discussion Forum 6, post your response to the following discussion
question. Reply to at least two classmates’ responses by the date indicated
in the Course Calendar.
Giving direct reference to the study material for this module, address the
following:
- How have gender stereotypes changed over the last 50 years or so in
the United States?
- In what ways have conditions for men and women improved in American
society? In what ways have conditions for men and women worsened? Use
specific statistics in your response.
- Finally, explain how the use of the sociological perspective can help
us explain the rise of LGBT rights in the United States. [MO5.1]
Textbook Readings
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Read: Chapters 12, 13, and 14 in Griffiths, Keirns, Strayer,
Cody-Rydzewski, Scaramuzzo, Sadler, Vyain, Bry, and Jones, Introduction
to Sociology
<https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e>.
Supplemental Study Material
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Caro, J. (2015, February 9). Growing old: The unbearable lightness of
ageing <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqf3OyemZY> [TEDx Talks].
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Chang, J., & Dazols, L. (2015, December 4). This is what LGBT life Is
like around the world <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfJJh9y1UI> [TED
Talks].
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Koren, M. (2016, June 26). Gay marriage in the United States, one year
later
<https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/06/gay-marriage-scotus/488816/>.
The Atlantic.
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Barlow, R. (2015, June 30). The impact of the Supreme Court same-sex
marriage decision
<http://www.bu.edu/today/2015/supreme-court-gay-marriage-decision-2015/>.
Boston University, BU Today.
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