Response Paper #3
Response Paper Three Assignment
2 pages
25 points
-In order to access the films on Kanopy.com, you will need to a Boston Public Library [BPL] card, which you can access online and use the BPL sources for free; see links below.
-There is a YouTube option or a reading option if you don’t want to rent a film.
-Other films are available through Prime.
Assignment Option #1:
Use chapter 10 and either Killing Us Softly 4 or Tough Guise 2 to write your paper [need Kanopy.com]:
If choosing Killing Us Softly 4:
-Watch Killing Us Softly 4, and write two pages discussing what the film says about the impact of sexism and misogyny in advertising images of women. What are the negative implications of these kinds of images? Use chapter 10 to specifically make connections with the film.
If choosing Tough Guise 2: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity:
-Watch Tough Guise 2: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity, and write two pages discussing what the film says about the connections between media, violence committed by men, and ideas of masculinity and manhood. Use chapter 10 to specifically make connections with the film.
Assignment Option #2:
Use chapter 11 and either Stonewall Uprising-PBS documentary [Amazon Prime]
or
Use 11 and Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality, and Relationships [Kanopy.com]
or
Use 11 and Pornland: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked Our Sexuality [Kanopy.com]:
-If choosing Stonewall Uprising [PBS documentary]:
-Watch Stonewall Uprising [make sure it’s the PBS documentary] and write two pages discussing what the film says about the history of Stonewall and the gay liberation movement. Use chapter 12 to make specific connections with the film.
If choosing Price of Pleasure or Pornland:
– Pick one of the films, watch it and write two pages discussing what the film says about the porn industry and how pornography has shaped ideas about sexuality. Use chapter 12 to make specific connections with the film.
Assignment Option #3:
Use chapter 12 and either the Vice News segment, “How Nursing Homes Hide Profits While Residents Suffer” [YouTube] or The End of Poverty [Prime; it’s the 2009 documentary] to write your paper:
If choosing “How Nursing Homes Hide Profits While Residents Suffer”:
-Watch the Vice News segment, and write two pages discussing what the film says about the exploitation of elderly people in nursing homes and the for-profit industry that capitalizes off the backs of the elderly. Use chapter 12 to specifically make connections with the film.
If choosing The End of Poverty:
-Watch the documentary and write two pages discussing what the film says about global poverty, and what the films says about the solutions to ending global poverty.
Use chapter 12 to specifically make connections with the film.
Assignment Option #4 [reading option]:
[you don’t need any website access for this option; links are below]
-Choose one of the below chapters and analyze what the chapter says in relation to the corresponding chapters.
1] Intro and Chapter 2 from Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions – use this reading with Sociology Essentials chapter 10
2] Chapter 5 from Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach [Constructions of Homosexualities Past and Present] – use this reading with Sociology Essentials chapter 11
PLESE DO NOT use outside sources. Please use the textbook. If you absolutely must, please limit it to one outside source.
Follow writing guidelines: make sure to use correct paper writing style rules. Cite and format your paper in accordance with those rules. Don’t forget to title the paper, double-space, use 12-point Times New Roman, and 1-inch margins, and include a Works Cited page. Feel free to consult the Purdue OWL writing lab website for writing assistance.
Web Link
Boston Public Library
Go to the “Services” tab at the top and then go to “Library card registration,” which you can do online. Once you have the card, use that card on the Kanopy.com site to access the public library option.
Web Link
Kanopy.com
Go to “Get Started” and then follow prompts for using the public library option.
Web Link
Vice News – How Nursing Homes Hide Profits While Residents Suffer [YouTube]
Web Link
Amazon
File
Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions – Intro and Chapter 2- Alternative Formats
File
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies – Chapter 5 – Constructions of Homosexualities Past and Present- Alternative Formats