think about the different ways you all have been gender socialized or have experienced life based on racial-ethnic backgrounds so you can better understand other perspectives on this topic. Be sure to read the material in the module before you begin.

Differentiate between race and ethnicity, and stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and racism.Explain intergroup relations in terms of relative levels of tolerance.Compare and contrast different experiences of various ethnic groups in the United States.Analyze your own social locations, specifically your racial-ethnic identity and culture and use three sociological terms, concepts, and/or theories as it relates to your experiences.Differentiate between sex, gender, gender expression, sexuality, and gender identity.Examine sex, gender, and sexuality from each of the main sociological perspective.Detect stratification of gender in major American institutions, such as the persisting pay gap.Reflect on your own experiences with sex/gender, and apply at least three related sociological terms, concepts, and/or theories to your examples and post them to our discussion.Compare and contrast sociological perspectives on aging.Analyze the "graying of the United States" as the population experiences increased life expectancy.

A process by which people are made aware of how gender plays a role in life through their treatment of others. Gender Identity Gender Stereotype Gender Sensitivity Gender Orientation

How can a theorist that you have explored help us understand gender identity development?

The way gender identity is expressed through action.  A gender identity or performance that does not fit with cultural norms related to one's assigned sex at birth.  The ways humans learn to behave as a man or woman and to recognize behaviors as masculine or feminine within their cultural context.  An individual who is born with a combination of male and female genitalia, gonads, and/or chromosomes.  An unequal distribution of power and access to a group's resources, opportunities, rights, and privileges based on gender. A. transgenderB. intersexC. cultural construction of genderD. gender stratificationE. gender performance

Reply from Ivone TellezHello everyone,  I have chosen to cover prompt one: gender. I am a cisgender female. My Mexican culture has heavily influenced my gender socialization. The culture focuses on a man’s ability to provide and a woman’s capability of being his support as well as a mother and homemaker. By the time I was an adolescent, I was solely responsible for the upkeep of our home and made to do my brother’s and father’s laundry. My mother was also strict about the ways I presented myself. I was not in charge of my gender expression. I was not allowed to wear makeup, paint my nails, cut my hair short, or dye it a different color. I was always considered a more masculine female because of this. When I turned sixteen, I started questioning why I had to act and present a certain way while my older brother got to do whatever he wanted. I started noticing the gender inequalities. I had to be home by a certain time or was only allowed out for a couple of hours with our friends, while he had no restrictions. I have also seen the difference in the treatment of men and women by guests. For instance, bar guests who are getting cut off are more likely to cause a scene and berate the bartender if they are female. There have also been multiple times where I am expected to act hyperfeminine like being perky and upbeat while the male bartenders can have a more relaxed, authentic demeanor.