(1) Using Chapter 9, in Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman and Hessenauer (2019)and at least one additional external academic source please answer the following questions: (a) Please define sexual harassment, and explain why it is difficult to determine how much it really occurs in today’s society? (b) Please explain the the different types of sexual harassment that exist, including sexual harassment in both the workplace and in educational settings, providing details and/or results from surveys/statistics that help to exemplify how wide-spread of a problem it has become. (c) Furthermore, please discuss the effects of sexual harassment on the victim and society at large and the types of individuals who tend to experience it the most. (d) Please explain some of the ways that sexual harassment can be confronted both by individuals as well as by society itself? (e) Do you personally believe that sexual harassment is as widespread of a problem as the authors make it out to be? What makes you believe this? Please explain. (f) Have you or anyone that you know experienced sexual harassment as discussed by the authors? If you are uncomfortable discussing it, you are not required to discuss the details of it, but you may discuss sexual harassment in a more general sense instead.
(2) Using Chapter 9 in Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman and Hessenauer (2019), at least one external academic source, the Video that is provided in Module 1, “Big Think Interview With Lise Eliot” and the section in the textbook on page 416; LO 4: Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan; please read the following and then answer the questions in paragraph form. In order to get full credit for this question, you must use all of the sources requested above. Ignoring any of the sources will result in reduced points. The information has been provided to you for your use. Please cite each of these sources, indicating which of the sources your information is coming from. Please be detailed.
“The process of gender stereotyping continues through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. [Also], gender stereotyping involves expectations about how people should behave based on their gender” (Pg. 416). It probably isn’t hard for us to figure out that parents, peers and culture are the biggest influences that socialize children into their gender roles. Parents, peers and culture are the role models that children follow throughout their formative years.
After you have read “Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan”, and watched the video “Big Think Interview With Lise Eliot”, provide the requested information below and/or answer the following questions in paragraph form. In addition to using “Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan” on Page 416 and the video “Big Think Interview with Lise Eliot,” don’t forget to use the textbook authors as well as at least one external academic source (and cite all of them appropriately with APA formatting).
(a) Explain whether you feel that children should be guided by social expectations in regard to what toys they play with or should they be allowed to explore on their own regarding their individual preferences? Explain your response. (b) What do you think would happen if we did not guide children to the socially acceptable choice of toy for their gender? (c) If we don’t socially guide the child to play with a certain gender appropriate toy, will the child miss out on discovering their true identity? Please explain what is meant by this. (d) Do you believe the guidance adds an element of normalcy and guidance or forces expectations on the child? Please explain. (e) According to the video titled “Big Think Interview, with Lise Eliot”, at age 1 girls and boys both like dolls because dolls have faces and all children are instinctively attracted to faces and voices. This is because we are a social species. At what age do boys opt for boy toys, and girls opt for girl toys and explain why you believe it changes at this age. (f) Explain at what age children typically begin to figure out if they are a boy or a girl and what you think actually occurs for this to happen at this age? (g) Have you ever personally watched children and observed the differences between boys and girls making choices when it comes to types of toys they played with? Please explain what you observed regarding these differences if you observed them.
(3) Using Chapter 13 in Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman and Hessenauer (2019) and at least one external academic source, discuss what Conversion Therapy is and what many believe are ethical problems of Conversion Therapy. Please be detailed in your explanations. Do not use dictionaries or encyclopedias for your responses. Please include Highlight 13.2 on P. 610 and the National Association of Social Workers Policy Statements (NASW, 2012) in addition to other sources to answer this question. What are your personal opinions about the use of conversion therapy. Do you believe that Conversion Therapy is controversial? Please explain your response.(1) Using Chapter 9, in Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman and Hessenauer (2019)and at least one additional external academic source please answer the following questions: (a) Please define sexual harassment, and explain why it is difficult to determine how much it really occurs in today’s society? (b) Please explain the the different types of sexual harassment that exist, including sexual harassment in both the workplace and in educational settings, providing details and/or results from surveys/statistics that help to exemplify how wide-spread of a problem it has become. (c) Furthermore, please discuss the effects of sexual harassment on the victim and society at large and the types of individuals who tend to experience it the most. (d) Please explain some of the ways that sexual harassment can be confronted both by individuals as well as by society itself? (e) Do you personally believe that sexual harassment is as widespread of a problem as the authors make it out to be? What makes you believe this? Please explain. (f) Have you or anyone that you know experienced sexual harassment as discussed by the authors? If you are uncomfortable discussing it, you are not required to discuss the details of it, but you may discuss sexual harassment in a more general sense instead.
(2) Using Chapter 9 in Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman and Hessenauer (2019), at least one external academic source, the Video that is provided in Module 1, “Big Think Interview With Lise Eliot” and the section in the textbook on page 416; LO 4: Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan; please read the following and then answer the questions in paragraph form. In order to get full credit for this question, you must use all of the sources requested above. Ignoring any of the sources will result in reduced points. The information has been provided to you for your use. Please cite each of these sources, indicating which of the sources your information is coming from. Please be detailed.
“The process of gender stereotyping continues through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. [Also], gender stereotyping involves expectations about how people should behave based on their gender” (Pg. 416). It probably isn’t hard for us to figure out that parents, peers and culture are the biggest influences that socialize children into their gender roles. Parents, peers and culture are the role models that children follow throughout their formative years.
After you have read “Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan”, and watched the video “Big Think Interview With Lise Eliot”, provide the requested information below and/or answer the following questions in paragraph form. In addition to using “Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan” on Page 416 and the video “Big Think Interview with Lise Eliot,” don’t forget to use the textbook authors as well as at least one external academic source (and cite all of them appropriately with APA formatting).
(a) Explain whether you feel that children should be guided by social expectations in regard to what toys they play with or should they be allowed to explore on their own regarding their individual preferences? Explain your response. (b) What do you think would happen if we did not guide children to the socially acceptable choice of toy for their gender? (c) If we don’t socially guide the child to play with a certain gender appropriate toy, will the child miss out on discovering their true identity? Please explain what is meant by this. (d) Do you believe the guidance adds an element of normalcy and guidance or forces expectations on the child? Please explain. (e) According to the video titled “Big Think Interview, with Lise Eliot”, at age 1 girls and boys both like dolls because dolls have faces and all children are instinctively attracted to faces and voices. This is because we are a social species. At what age do boys opt for boy toys, and girls opt for girl toys and explain why you believe it changes at this age. (f) Explain at what age children typically begin to figure out if they are a boy or a girl and what you think actually occurs for this to happen at this age? (g) Have you ever personally watched children and observed the differences between boys and girls making choices when it comes to types of toys they played with? Please explain what you observed regarding these differences if you observed them.
(3) Using Chapter 13 in Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman and Hessenauer (2019) and at least one external academic source, discuss what Conversion Therapy is and what many believe are ethical problems of Conversion Therapy. Please be detailed in your explanations. Do not use dictionaries or encyclopedias for your responses. Please include Highlight 13.2 on P. 610 and the National Association of Social Workers Policy Statements (NASW, 2012) in addition to other sources to answer this question. What are your personal opinions about the use of conversion therapy. Do you believe that Conversion Therapy is controversial? Please explain your response.
