Week 13 Discussion Board
Week 13 Discussion Board (DB).
DBs are intended to help us have an open conversation together. This will require you to come to the DB ready to post a response to the question posed to the entire class, but also to read and respond to your classmates. Each DB will require an initial post (your response to the question) on Tuesday (11:59PM), and then to respond to two classmates by Thursday (11:59PM). This is not a place where you must have the exact right answer, but you should engage with your classmates on exploring possible ways of thinking about the question.
The rules for DBs are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Initial posts should be about 100 words in length.
Response posts should be about 25 words in length.
Be kind and respectful when responding to your classmates. You do not have to agree with their thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, but you should able to disagree without anger or accusation.
DB Week 13 Prompt-
Watch The Fur Coat (Links to an external site.) episode of I Love Lucy from Season 1 (Episode 9). This will take you to the CBS/Paramount+ website. You can create a free account to view the video there or the video embedded below.
As women remain in the public sphere after WWII, challenges to women’s perceived roles and identities continued. To further explore these identities, we are going to examine an episode of I Love Lucy (see link above or page embedded in Module titled “Lucy”). This episode first aired on November 9th, 1951. After watching the episode think deeply about how the episode is both groundbreaking and limiting for women.
Consider the following:
What were appropriate female roles in the 1950s
Male gender roles and norms-What is reinforced?What is challenged?
Female gender roles and norms-What is reinforced? What is challenged?
How is consumerism portrayed?
How does the show endorse normative 1950s sex roles?
Answer the following question-
Is Lucy a symbol of female empowerment or subservience?
Clear and specific references to the assigned video is required. While you may be familiar with other Lucy episodes, focus on this video for your post and responses.
