"Throw like a girl" Challenging and Unpacking Modern Day Gender Norms Within Sport

Abstract

Using a recently popular commercial aired during the Super Bowl that challenges traditional gender roles, this learning exercise introduces the concepts of gender norms, while opening up a dialogue about the problematic aspects behind gender prejudice in sport. The exercise spans one fifty-minute class, and can generate much discussion and reflection...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Sex and Gender

Resource Type(s):

Class Activity

Class Level(s):

College 200

Class Size(s):

Medium

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Students should learn the difference between sex and gender, in addition to learning how gender is a social construct. Students will also learn how gender norms and gendered inequality occurs in sport.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Students should be able to articulate the difference between sex and gender. Students should also be able to explain how gender norms can harm both men and women, as well as how this plays out in the institution of sport.