For this writing assignment, you will want to draw on the two readings and discuss the following:
PLEASE DON’T FORGET WHILE DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT THAT I AM A STRAIGHT MIDDLE EASTERN MAN
Consider gender and one other social category (e.g. race, class, sexuality, language, etc.) and discuss the ways in which such social categories were taught,
learned, emulated, and enforced in your life.
How did you learn about your gender and culture, for example?
Who taught you these categories?
Did you see these social categories as fixed? If so, how? Do you still continue to see these categories as fixed or have they changed over time? Explain.
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