Santa Monica College Sociology Auto Ethnography Paper

Auto Ethnography/ Gender Outlaws

100 points

1. Your paper must be:
a. 6 – 7 pages in length
b. Double-spaced
c. Typed in 12-point font
d. Typed using Times New Roman

2. Gender Outlaws
a. Choose 3 essays to focus on in Gender Outlaws
b. How do these three essays offer you new ways to think about your own gender identity? (straight woman)
c. Support your statements with references to the text.
d. Use the appropriate terminology and concepts you’ve learned in the class

3. Auto Ethnography Component:
a. Reflect on your own socialization process.
b. Identify and analyze three experiences/events that are “gendered” memories in which you recall learning specific lessons, either overtly and/or covertly, about expectations projections and assumptions about gender. Ultimately how are binary expectations of gender (or not) reflected in these events or experiences and how they collectively shaped your perception and presentation of self as well as your perceptions and expectations of others.
c. Draw parallels or make contrasts between your experiences and those experienced the authors you chose to focus on in Gender Outlaws.
d. Use the appropriate terminology and concepts you’ve learned in the class

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