Ch. 8

Please respond to question #1 under "Questions for Discussion" on page 213; however, you only need to pick one example from the textbook and try rewriting it with the added emphasis.

Transsexual Empires and Transgender Warriors

Paying particular attention to the historical details Sullivan offers throughout her chapter, has the phrase "living in the wrong body" become outdated within the contemporary Trans community? Why or why not? Is there a better phrase you could think of that would seem to provide a stronger awareness for the identity issues centered around the umbrella label Transgender?

Chapter 7

Hi, all! Please respond to question #1 on page 189 under "Questions for Discussion."

Ch. 6 & Canady

Part I: What did you find most interesting from Ch. 6? Explain why you found it interesting and what it taught you about inclusion and Equality.

Part II: How would you summarize Canady's argument from her introduction?

Part III: Canady's chapter on the military centered on WWI up to the 1930s: how do you think her argument in that chapter can be related to the contemporary crisis over the "Don't ask; Don't Tell" policy?

Kinsey and Rich

Describe the assumptions about gender detailed in the instruments and scales designed to measure a person's homosexuality detailed throughout chapter 5 of the text. How does the Rich article argue against one or all of these instruments and scales. Does Rich herself have any assumptions about gender? Explain.

Cindy Patton and Simon Watney

In about 4-5 sentences (a short paragraph), summarize Patton's argument-- what is she attempting to prove? Do the same for Watney's essay. Then, how do they compare? How do they contrast? Finally, as an individual reader, what did you find most interesting about the two readings for Thursday? What did you find most important about thinking about AIDS?