Socratic Seminar

Here are the questions for tomorrow's Socratic Seminar so you can look along during the seminar:

Questions for Socratic Seminar:

• The poem Girl that we read during class outlined the rules of a specific social group. Do the sexes really have defined rules today like the poem makes it out to seem?
o Are the rules of guys and girls that different? Why?
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• In the story X a family raises a child with an unknown sex, were the reactions of fellow children and other people believable?
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• In the movie When Harry met Sally, Harry states, “Men and woman can never be friends.” Do you think this is true?
o Yes- Was this always so? What led to this? Difference of roles? Insensitivity of men? Stereotypes? Sexual tension?
o No- Was this always so? What could lead to the statement coming true?
• In the gender roles of the past, it was more difficult for women to succeed in the workplace. During the recession, however, more men have been laid off than women, why do you think that is?
o Does this mean we are now sexist towards men?
o Or are we finally “equal”?
• Does a specific gender have higher expectations? Which one?
o Do you think these are inherent or taught to us by society?
• Why is the most insulting thing for a guy to say to another guy an inmasculating insult, yet girls don’t go calling each other butch, etc.?
o How does this play into the expected traits of each sex?
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