We have all heard about the girl who wants to join the wrestling team and the boy who wants an Easy-Bake Oven. Think about some of your earliest experiences with gender. Consider at school, extracurricular activities, your parents, your friends, etc. Discuss gender roles, stereotypes, myths, and/or controls in society that existed then and you see exist today. Do you feel that males or females have more or less “controls” placed on them by society? Is it fair? Do you believe that boys and girls/men and women should stick to the qualities, interests, etc., that society deems appropriate for their gender?
A well-organized essay has a beginning, middle, and an end. The beginning, or introduction, should include an opening sentence to grab your reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topic or situation. In this case, it would be an explanation of gender roles, stereotypes, myths, and/or controls in society today. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of the essay, which in this case, would be a statement affirming what needs to be done to limit gender narratives in society today.
A well-supported essay includes supporting points, details, and examples. For this essay, you must decide the best way to organize the body of the paper. Will you have a paragraph for each change? Will you divide the body of your paper into three or more paragraphs, one for each point? In any case, each body paragraph must support (explain) your reasoning (rationale) using specific details. Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence that states the main point of the paragraph.
The conclusion typically summarizes the main points of the essay and/or closes with a lasting impression that connects the reader to their world. In this case, where is our society headed? Is it too late for change?
Be sure to proofread your essay and edit for proper grammar, punctuation, diction (word choice), and spelling, as errors in sentence skills will lower a final grade. A grade will be determined based on the Module 2 Case expectations and the Trident University General Education rubric for English.
Papers must be double-spaced in Times or Times New Roman font (12 cpi) with standard one-inch margins.
The first person “I” is not used in a formal essay.
This essay must include a combination of no fewer than SIX in-text citations from the four assigned background sources for Module 2. Citations are to be a combination of direct quotations and paraphrased quotations with or without the author’s name. No additional outside sources are to be used for this assignment.
Assignment Expectations
Write an essay (no fewer than four pages in length) that states and supports an original thesis statement in which you help challenge society’s limiting gender narratives.
Demonstrate the ability to identify credible and reliable sources for use in a well-supported and cohesive essay.
Demonstrate the ability to write a direct quote, paraphrased, or summary citation in APA Style
Societal expectations are also limiting the power of women to choose what best fits them. Every person has their plans on what they can become during Halloween, but as they grow, their costume size changes, and have to look for new costumes. The girls narrating the poem says that when they decided to become teachers and nurses in the year’s Halloween party, they did not find appropriate costumes and instead found revealing costumes (Warren, 2014). Halloween has become a freak show, and the girls are contemplating taking on various unusual costumes this year, such as being a mummy to avoid greedy eyes staring at her. Society has for long set beauty standards for women, and it is time that women are given a chance to decide what they wear and how they act. From the film, society expects ladies to adjust to revealing clothes as they enter adulthood since that is the definition of beauty in western culture. Warren (2014) says that wearing revealing clothes like a stripper increases the attention a woman receives in society, and these expectations are longer relevant. The decision to wear concealing or revealing clothes
