What is gender?...

We are wrapping up our unit on class with our exam on Tuesday.  And we will be starting a new unit on gender next week.  So to start thinking about the issues that will be addressed in that unit I want you to reflect on the following.  Answer these questions on your blog...

What is gender?

What is sex?

Are they the same or different?

What is gender identity?

What is sexual orientation?

Give me examples of these ideas.  What has been your own life experience with issues of gender?

Why is inequality on the rise in the United States...

In class today we discussed income inequality in the U.S.  One of the resources we used to introduce this topic was the following video...


Watch the video again and respond on your blog to the following questions...


1. Name three reasons given in the video for increasing income inequality (the loss of the "middle class" as they call it in the video).


2. What are some other reasons for growing income inequality that we discussed in class but that are not mentioned in the video?


3. What do you think could be done to reverse the trend toward growing income inequality?  In other words, what can we do to make things better?