Answer 1 of the following questions:
- Have you witnessed discrimination or microaggressions on your campus or in your life due to your/someone’s sexual orientation? What impact does that have on students, particularly students who are lesbian, gay, or sexually fluid?
- What does the #MeToo social media campaign say about the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault and women’s perceptions of speaking out about it? What is one small way you can be mindful of and resist from participating in rape culture?
- Research shows that trauma, particularly childhood trauma, can have lasting impacts on the brain and development. Both boys and girls experience traumatic events. However, women’s marginalized status, particularly in certain cultures and societies, may intersect with traumatic events both in women’s childhood and adulthood and impact them in significant ways. Nadine Burke Harris does an excellent job explaining adverse childhood experiences (ACES) in this TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetimeLinks to an external site.
Consider how trauma might impact women who have more than one marginalized identity (e.g., women of color, queer or transwomen, immigrant women, etc.). How might this impact their mental health and access to health care? How might trauma affect men?
4. A boy’s development into a man looks different depending on the society and culture he lives in. Use the following resources to get an idea of the ways different cultures express masculinity and the sometimes grueling process of becoming a man.
- Crocodile Scars in Papua New Guinea:Rites of Manhood: Crocodile Scars | National GeographicLinks to an external site.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2722740/The-ancient-initiation-ritual-scars-boys-look-like-crocodiles.htmlLinks to an external site.https://www.npr.org/2018/06/06/617422926/partner-violence-in-papua-new-guineaLinks to an external site.Domestic violence in New Guinea
- Becoming a Man in Different Cultures:5 Shocking Ways of Becoming A Man In Different CulturesLinks to an external site.
- The Many Ways Society Makes a Man:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/how-rites-of-passage-shape-masculinity-gender/Links to an external site.
Write about your reactions to the Papua New Guinea information (i.e., Crocodile Scars and Domestic Violence) or the other two (i.e., Becoming a Man in Different Cultures and The Many Ways Society Makes a Man). Compare and contrast the various ways boys become men depending on their culture and society.
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