Category Archives: gender

gender interviews on the street

Here is an intriguing short video by Vox Pop asking Chicago pedestrians questions on gender. How would you answer these questions. And what questions would you have asked if you were the director?


Gender: A Vox Pop from Jordan Nelson on Vimeo.

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Raising a baby "genderless?"

Can Kathy Witterick and David Stocker manage to raise a "genderless" child? What resources will they need to succeed? Who else might be affected by their innovative and controversial decision? Read the original article published on May 21, 2011 (click here decision to go "genderless") and the subsequent article published on May 24, 2011 (click here reaction to raising baby genderless) in the Toronto Star reporter both written by reporter Jayme Poisson. 

One blogger at Feministing.com, JOS, makes an excellent clarification: letting a child choose a gender is not the same thing as being genderless. To read more click here: the secret gender that wasn't

And here is another thoughtful analysis by Julie Bindel published online in The Guardian on May 26, 2011: click here: time to end gender obsession (thank you to Christina W in May2011 class for sharing this link). 

What do you think? And how would you feel if you were asked to help raise a "genderless" child or keep the sex and/or gender secret?
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Photo: by Steve Russell see source 





The Gender Companion, copyright 2011 – Dr. Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Ph.D. This blog is a companion site for the Psychology of Gender Online, UBC. Creative commons attribution, non-commercial sharing only (translation: feel free to quote me in context or use this entry but please always credit me for my work, thanks.)http://thegendercompanion.blogspot.com/ See also Psyc 320 course description: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/distance-learning/courses/psyc/psyc320/

What do "Real Men" eat? — that depends.













Researcher Dr Steven Heine (with Co-author Matthew Ruby) of the University of British Columbia, told Appetite journal that meat and men have always gone hand in hand.“Meat has been closely associated with power and privilege - a staple for gentry and a rare treat for the peasants,” he said.
I wanted to link you to this food news writer for Appetite who references UBC researchers' study about their subjects perception of men's choice to be vegetarian or not. Read the whole article here: men- vegetarian vs meat diet
Do these researchers conclusions match your experience? Are there any cultural or religious issues that have been overlooked? For example, how would these researchers conclusions apply to the 900 million Hindus, 376 million Buddhist, and 4.2 million Jains worldwide who practice vegetarianism as a religious choice. Would people in these cultures have the same or different expectation of what diet a "Real Man" might eat as compared with the expectations of the research subjects in this study?
Hmmmm, food for thought...
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The Gender Companion, copyright 2011 – Dr. Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Ph.D. This blog is a companion site for the Psychology of Gender Online, UBC. Creative commons attribution, non-commercial sharing only (translation: feel free to quote me in context or use this entry but please always credit me for my work, thanks.)http://thegendercompanion.blogspot.com/ See also Psyc 320 course description: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/distance-learning/courses/psyc/psyc320/

Percent Women and Men Candidates in Elections

Our federal election is coming up and I thought you might like to see a gender analysis from previous elections. Here is a link to a paper from Andrew Heard discussing the relative percent of women as compared to men candidates in federal elections and MP's. Are you surprised by any of these statistics?
click here: women and men in elections

I hope you will make it out to vote.

Women’s achievements in advertising

I love CBC radio's Age of Persuasion with Terry O'Reilly. So when Terry featured women in his latest podcast called "Mad Women," I was thrilled to be able to share one of my family's favourite audio "sweets" with our The Gender Companion community. Click on this link to listen to the podcast or go to http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/ and check out all the commercials and photos and links for this fabulous episode. If you are new to Age of Persuasion, don't be surprised if you become and AOP groupee and wind up listening to all the episodes!
CBC.ca | The Age of Persuasion
Credits: Photos from CBC webiste: Charlotte Beers (top) and Matilde Weil (side)
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The Gender Companion, copyright 2011 – Dr. Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Ph.D. This blog is a companion site for the Psychology of Gender Online, UBC. Creative commons attribution, non-commercial sharing only (translation: feel free to quote me in context or use this entry but please always credit me for my work, thanks.)http://thegendercompanion.blogspot.com/ See also Psyc 320 course description: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/distance-learning/courses/psyc/psyc320/

Boys need more games? Gender or boring curriculum?

Here's one for you to think about. Ali Carr-Chellman speaks about the need to capture boys' attention in classrooms by adding video games. But is she describing a true gender difference or the need to capture ALL students attention by updating teaching technologies, methods, and capturing the imagination of ALL students. What do you think?

Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning | Video on TED.com
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The Gender Companion, copyright 2011 – Dr. Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Ph.D. This blog is a companion site for the Psychology of Gender Online, UBC. Creative commons attribution, non-commercial sharing only (translation: feel free to quote me in context or use this entry but please always credit me for my work, thanks.)http://thegendercompanion.blogspot.com/ See also Psyc 320 course description: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/distance-learning/courses/psyc/psyc320/