From course materials, If men & women are not naturally opposite, then why do they act so differently so much of the time? include the following concepts in your analysis: sex v. gender, socialization, doing gender, gender rules, & gender policing.

 For CRITICAL ANALYSIS PAPER #1, answer the following question using our course texts as support:

 
According to the course materials, if men and women are not naturally opposite, then why do they act so differently so much of the time?

At a minimum, include the following course concepts in your analysis: sex v. gender, socialization, doing gender, gender rules, and gender policing.
Use course materials as the core of your analysisnot opinions or anecdotal evidence. Your paper should include references ONLY to our course materials (our textbook, TOP HAT textbook, videos, or supplemental readings). You will be graded on the depth of your analysis and inclusion of course materials.
This project requires academic, upper-level writing, and should be formatted as a research paper. Use whichever formatting is used in your discipline.  If unsure, use APA formatting. For more information on citation requirements, check.
Review the grading rubric to review the various components of this paper and the attached point values.
 STYLE REQUIREMENTS: Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length. Your work should be carefully proofread, and free of spelling and grammatical errors. Please make sure your document is double-spaced, using 1-inch margins, and 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font.
Use a citation style appropriate for your discipline consistently and appropriately throughout. 
Your project will be scanned using VeriCite, and all instances of plagiarism will result in (minimally) a failing grade. Review the WRITING SUPPORT module for more information. 

Wade, Lisa and Myra Marx Ferree. 2019. Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions, 2nd Edition. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
DeWard, Sarah. 2020. #Gender: A Top Hat Interactive Textbook 2nd Edition. Toronto, ON:  Top Hat Monocle. 

Review the rubric to see how you will be graded in the various components of the project.

Chapters will be uploaded.
Below are links to videos  from  Course Materials
Why Dont Men Wear High Heels? 

https://youtu.be/PJ2MjiVWb_M 

“The Gingerbread Person” [02:38] 

https://youtu.be/89Az3m-qJeU 

Why Gender Pronouns Matter [04:20] 

https://youtu.be/9iKHjl5xAaA 

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/02/20/men-throwing-like-a-girl-separating-nature-from-nurture/ 

Think about it…  

1. What does this video tell us about the societal narratives we hear about women’s and men’s bodies? 

2. How does this video relate to the concepts of nature versus nurture? 

Alpha Males Do Not Exist [04:40] 

https://youtu.be/0Ti86veZBjU 

“Doing Gender With the Face” 

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/12/26/doing-gender-with-the-face-erika-linder/ 

1. This is one person!  What does this show us about the concept of “doing gender”?