Reference no: EM131079636
With this assignment, you continue your analysis and evaluation of societal prejudices with regard to sexism, heterosexism, bisexual-ism, and ageism.
Begin your preparation for this Application Assignment by asking yourself: Which of the topics I examined struck a familiar chord in me, and for what reason(s)? With which ones was I unfamiliar and/or uncomfortable, and what is/are the reason(s) for these feelings?
For this assignment:
Review the articles about various "isms" in the resources for this week
Consider the significance of each "ism" in your professional and personal life, and
Write a summary essay, at least 3 pages in length, in which you address the following questions:
1. Sexism
If I had been a man instead of a woman or vice versa, how would my life have been different?
What is the most salient experience in my life that is directly related to my sex?
What new insights, professionally and/or personally, about sexism did I gain from this article
2. Heterosexism
What, if any, assumptions do I make about people whose sexual orientation is different from mine?
What experiences of privilege and/or oppression in my life are directly related to my sexual orientation?
What new insights, professionally and/or personally, about heterosexism did I gain from this article?
3. LGBT-ism
What do I know now about specific challenges LGBT persons are likely to encounter that I did not know before I studied the resources?
What do I think/feel when I hear people say that LGBT persons should not be permitted in early childhood settings?
What new insights, professionally and/or personally, about lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgendered persons did I gain from these resources?
4. Ageism
When I think back to my early childhood years, in what ways did adults made me feel powerful and significant and/or powerless or insignificant?
When I imagine myself to be 90 years old, how powerful and/or marginalized might I feel-and why?
What new insights, professionally and/or personally, about ageism did I gain from this article?
Assignment length: at least 4-5 pages
|
Deduce that the system of difference equations
: Deduce that the system of difference equations
|
|
What is the present worth of the electric vehicle program
: The US Department of Transportation has decided to invest in electric vehicles over the next 10 years. They will fund $0.5 million in year 1, $2 million in year 2, $3.5 million in year 3, $5 million in year 4 and $6.5 million each year thereafter. Gi..
|
|
What is the annual worth of this pension
: Shepherd Book invests $15,000 in a pension. During the first year, the pension will be worth $1,000, the second year $2,000, the third year $1,000, and the fourth year $2,000, and so on. What is the annual worth of this pension to Rev. Book, given th..
|
|
Though the inflation rate changed over time
: What are expectations, and why are they important in macroeconomic models? What would you think about a macroeconomic model that assumed that people’s expectations of inflation were constant, even though the inflation rate changed over time?
|
|
Review the articles about various isms in the resources
: What do I know now about specific challenges LGBT persons are likely to encounter that I did not know before I studied the resources? What do I think/feel when I hear people say that LGBT persons should not be permitted in early childhood settings?
|
|
What is the optimal level of output to maximize profits
: Beta Industries manufactures floppy disks that consumers perceive as identical to those produced by numerous other manufacturers. Recently, Beta hired an econometrician to estimate its cost function for producing boxes of one dozen floppy disks. The ..
|
|
Appeal the magistrates order
: There is debate going on concerning the latest version of Apple i-phone between Apple and the US federal government. A US magistrate in California has ordered Apple to unlock the phone of a deceased terrorist who killed several people. Ethically, do..
|
|
Show that eventually the person''s capital grows at 20%
: Show that eventually the person's capital grows at 20% per annum.
|
|
Earns substantial funds in exchange for companionship
: Inara Serra earns substantial funds in exchange for Companionship. A politician requests her company for three weeks for a fee of $20,000 per week. If she agrees to this arrangement, how much money should she have in 3 years from this one transaction..
|