GEOL 101 DAC Planet Earth Geology Sexuality & Gender Norms in A Sitcom Discussion

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Decide on the setting and topic you want to use for your Analysis Assignment. Find 5 scholarly sources related to the topic that you plan to use for your assignment. What behaviors/themes are you anticipating? How do you plan to carry out your observation/analysis?

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In this Analysis assignment, you will make an observation for at least 20 minutes and document the frequency of particular behaviors/variables that you are analyzing. Prior to your observation, you will make a generalized prediction or hypothesis about what you expect to see.

Options include:

• Choose a particular type of behavior to analyze (gender norms, dating stereotypes, homophobic biases, parenting beliefs, etc.). Watch a television program (a sitcom would work well) and spend at least 20 minutes documenting how often the behaviors that you are analyzing occur.
• Analyze courtship behaviors for at least 20 minutes (be safe, social distance!). You can use reality television programs or bar webcams/livestreams for this assignment (such as The Palms Bar & Grill Samui in Thailand). What is the person’s posture like? Is s/he scanning the room and making eye contact with others? Is s/he smiling, sullen, what? How is s/he dressed? Please note: I am not advocating for alcohol use. This assignment is meant to be observational, and the setting is one in which courtship behaviors often take place.
• Text analysis: Instead of doing an observation, choose a particular variable to analyze (gender norms, racial norms, etc.). Compare 5-10 pages of a recent sexuality text/article (must be something other than the textbook in this course) with 5-10 pages of a sexuality text/article published before 1950. Document how often your variable occurs. You may want to read the text once to get a sense of the tone and language used. Then, come up with a variable to analyze in the text.
• Another idea (confirm with me) – as long as you are collecting quantitative data (for example, you could survey or interview people and analyze the data)