Addressing the issues of representation and constructions of gender in media, literature, art, language and popular culture, and examine the contradictions and expectations associated with doing gender.

Class is Women Studies, need to write final essay, These were the following guidelines given for the final essay: Final Essay By using the resources offered in the course (readings, movies, lectures and tutorial discussion), build on your essay outline and write 6-7 page, double-spaced, 12pt font, critical essay, plus one page bibliography and one title page. No outside source is required for this assignment. You must have a bibliography and it must name the style guide you have employed (i.e. MLA / APA / Turabian). □ Paper Length 6-7 pages, plus one title page and one page bibliography, all stapled □ Times New Roman 12pt font □ Left Justified □ Double Spaced □ 1 inch page margins □ Page numbers in bottom right hand corner □ Use Footnotes (do not include footnotes in your word count) □ Include a works cited/bibliography section These are some tips the professor gave us for this assignment: - remember to provide a title, preferably one that highlights your thesis or central concerns. - Avoid a lengthy, overly general introduction; state your intentions concisely and engagingly. - Each paragraph is to be a unit of thought and should develop an idea. - Provide transition between topics. Your essay should have continuity; it should “hang together.” - Support or illustrate your assertions; be as specific and precise as possible. - Quoted materials belong in quotation marks and a page number should be supplied. Use a style guide for references and be consistent. Ideas or passages that are paraphrased also need to be referenced. - Avoid over-use of quoted materials. Passages that are quoted need to be contextualized and require comments that directly forward your own argument. - You may use the word “I” in your work for this class. - Avoid errors of spelling, grammar and punctuation. - Remember to proofread your assignments. You can lose as much as a full mark – possibly even more – by forgetting to proofread and to make final revisions. The following are the sources we must use in order to complete the essay: 1:TEXTBOOK) Micheal S. Kimmel, Amy Aronson, and Amy Kale, eds. The Gendered Society Reader: Second Canadian Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. (from the textbook we must read pages 28-41) 2) Articles: The following are a list of articles that are attached with the page numbers that we must read in order to reference our work. (the W stands for week, for example W5=week 5) W5 article B part 1 and part 2 -- pages xiii-xxii and 237-249 W5 article C -- pages 115-122 W5 article D -- pages 34-38 W6 article A -- pages 19-47 W6 article B -- pages 138-140 W6 article C -- pages 111-115 W7 article A -- pages 249-257 W7 article B -- pages 3-29 The following are the reference names and citation: W5 article B: Michael S. Kimmel, and Michael A. Messner eds. Men's Lives. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998, pp. xiii-xxii & 237-249 W5 article C: Simone de Beauvoir, “Woman as ‘Other'” in Issues in Feminism. Sheila Ruth, ed. London: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1990, pp. 115-122 W5 article D: Paula Gunn Allen, “Where I come From Is Like This,” in Feminist Frontiers. Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier, Leila J. Rupp (eds.). Eighth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 2009, pp. 34-38 W6 article A: Hunter College Women's Studies Collective, Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 3rd Edition, pp. 19-47 W6 article B: Audre Lorde, “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action,” in Issues in Feminism. Sheila Ruth, ed. London: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1990, pp. 138-140 W6 article C: Jan Nederveen Pieterse, “White Negroes,” in Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader. Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez (eds.), Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc., 2003, pp. 111-115 W7 article A: Sut Jhally, “Image-Based Culture,” in Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader. Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez (eds.), Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc., 2003, pp. 249-257 W7 article B: Ronald Weitzer and Charis E. Kubrin, “Misogyny in Rap Music A Content Analysis of Prevalence and Meanings,” in Men and Masculinities, Volume 12 Number 1, October 2009, pp. 3-29