Evaluate each particular example in terms of how it’s supposed to work (and what it’s meant to convey about gender), and how it seems actually to work (or not) in practice. What means of gender acquisition seems to you to be most powerful? Why?

individuals learn gender – to identify as a girl or boy/ woman or man, and to be able to act in gender appropriate ways. But individuals do not always conform to these lessons completely, or consistently.

Drawing from course materials, discuss four (4) examples that illustrate different modes of gender acquisition – through socialization (emulating adult or media examples; elicitation, or being treated in gendered ways; education) and ritual (e.g., rites of passage). One example may come from your own observations of a culture/society.

Evaluate each particular example in terms of how it’s supposed to work (and what it’s meant to convey about gender), and how it seems actually to work (or not) in practice. What means of gender acquisition seems to you to be most powerful? Why?