Sarah Hanglow #7-14

May 13 2019

Aim: How does Shakespeare criticize gender roles

Do Now: Pair ShareWhat roles do men and women have in society? Do they have different expectations? Has this changed from our past? Will it change in our future? How does gender affect our identity?

Some thoughts from the class:

-Stereotypes are associated with certain genders

-People identify with different genders

-Women= Skinny

-Men= buff and no emotions

-Over time it has changed men were the money earners and women stay home with the children

-In certain parts of the world women have even become more common in the work force

-Women are now expected to work and maintain the house

-Since a young age kids are taught what standards they are supposed to live up to 

-Girls= pink

-Boy=blue

-These things shape our identities because people will hide their true feelings in order to fit in better.

-There is a pay gap between men and women

-Macbeth: men were supposed to be cruel and women were supposed to be weak and innocent

-Men aren’t supposed to cry or talk about their feelings so men tend to have poorer mental heath and height suicide rates.

Pair-Share:Are there any contemporary examples of people who defy societal constructs of gender?

Contemporary: belonging to or occurring in the present

-Frida Kahlo

-Trans people (Kaitlin Gener) 

-Drag queens

-Women and Men in social media

-Ruby Rose

-Lavern Cox

-Eddie Izard 

-Jeffrey Star

***Shakespeare like to defy the gender roles at the time***

At this time the gender roles were even more rigid than what they are now.  So for him to do this it was defying the norms and was seen as controversial.  

Group Work: Focus on Beatrice’s lines during thus section of the plant. She gives many cues and hints as to how she lives outside of Elizabethan gender roles.  With your groups, determine who would be the “perfect man” for Beatrice based on her description.

-One group said Bradley Cooper has a short beard and is talented.  He is 44 and he is they type of person to be outgoing. 

-Our group said Michael Jordan because he has a beard and is rich. He also seems like he is not shy but not overly talkative. 

**The only authors that were allowed to be published were Christian writers at the time.  Therefore, we missed out on getting the perspectives of people of other religions at this time.