I attend a school where individual identity is valued strongly. Teachers loosely enforce dress code to give students a chance to express themselves. Because students are from different parts of the city, the culture is diverse. Plus, one’s gender identification is chosen by the student and the student alone.
In short, students are respected for who they are and who they want to become. To me, that’s what school is supposed to be--an institution to support individuals to become who they want.
“GenderPalooza” is a show that aims to break down gender stereotypes through journalism. The producers accomplish this by posing questions to different people vox pop style, presenting a story about “girl books” and “guy books”.
As a male, I am someone who can organize books into different categories in my mind. I’ll look at the cover of a book, analyze the art, the font and the text. I’ll prejudge books and think to myself, “oh that book must be corny,” or “that’s not a book I’d like to be seen reading.” Another thought is “that’s a girl book-- not for me.”
It wasn’t until listening to this radio program did I realize I did that. That is a close minded thing to do. The lesson in the program is that guys can have “girl interests” and girls can have “guy interests.” Being able to embrace a wide range of interests is important to the learning process, regardless of the gender connotations those interests have.
Summary: For the first RadioActive podcast of summer 2013, new hosts Isaac Noren and Carlos Nieto bring you stories about gender and gender stereotypes.
Notions on First Sight
Milton G
Posted on August 31, 2013 at 02:33 PM
I attend a school where individual identity is valued strongly. Teachers loosely enforce dress code to give students a chance to express themselves. Because students are from different parts of the city, the culture is diverse. Plus, one’s gender identification is chosen by the student and the student alone.
In short, students are respected for who they are and who they want to become. To me, that’s what school is supposed to be--an institution to support individuals to become who they want.
“GenderPalooza” is a show that aims to break down gender stereotypes through journalism. The producers accomplish this by posing questions to different people vox pop style, presenting a story about “girl books” and “guy books”.
As a male, I am someone who can organize books into different categories in my mind. I’ll look at the cover of a book, analyze the art, the font and the text. I’ll prejudge books and think to myself, “oh that book must be corny,” or “that’s not a book I’d like to be seen reading.” Another thought is “that’s a girl book-- not for me.”
It wasn’t until listening to this radio program did I realize I did that. That is a close minded thing to do. The lesson in the program is that guys can have “girl interests” and girls can have “guy interests.” Being able to embrace a wide range of interests is important to the learning process, regardless of the gender connotations those interests have.