All India Bakchod. “AIB : Rape – It’s Your Fault.” YouTube. Ed. Ashish Heblekar and Shashwata Datta. YouTube, 19 Sept. 2013. Web. 13 May 2015.
Gender roles, performance, and inequality is not just something that goes on only in America. “It’s Your Fault” is a satire on rape in India where we see that women are blamed for their own rape. The video shows the patriarchy in other countries that we can also relate to issues in our own government.
Beyoncé. If I Were A Boy. Beyonce. Toby Gad, 2008. MP3.
In this song, Beyoncé explores how different life is for girls and boys. She discusses the double standard that exists, and how it is okay for boys to do whatever they want, but if it were a woman who did that she would be looked at differently. Beyoncé sings about how men cheat but women are expected to be faithful.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. Print.
In this series of novels, Michel Foucault proves his disagreement with the claim that sex has been repressed in society. Instead of the suppression in society, Foucault focuses on the perceived relationship sex has with both power and knowledge. He argues that while society believes sexuality is a part of human essence, it is really a social construct to control the masses.
Ien, A.,Jr. (2014, Jul). THE RANT. Memphis Flyer Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1621397958?accountid=8500
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Al Ien Jr. rants about America and it’s problems with war and religion while also focusing on major gender related issues that we struggle with in the U.S. Ien laughs at our treatment of American women compared to men in the workplace, government, and the comforts of their own home.
Lei, Chang, and McBride-Chang Catherine. “Self- And Peer-Ratings Of Female And Male Roles And Attributes.” Journal Of Social Psychology 137.4 (1997): 527-529. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 11 May 2015.
The article focuses on a survey administered to students of a metropolitan university in the southeastern United States regarding female and male gender roles and attributes. Students were asked to self- and peer-rate the roles and attributes that were assumed to be gender neutral. The study asked and answered three questions regarding gender stereotyping, and how likely their peers are to gender stereotype.
Stearns, Peter N. “Be A Man!: Males In Modern Society.” Be A Man!: Males In Modern Society (1990): 11. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 11 May 2015.http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=726e57c5-600d-40cf-941c-b31042dd4c83%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=sih&AN=SN011471
Peter Stearns writes about the change in masculinity in Western Europe and North American from the period of the industrial revolution to the present day. The changes in masculinity relate to not only the division of labor, but also the new work-home balance that may be difficult for some men to adjust to. Stearns’ book indicates that masculinity and gender roles are always evolving.