1. Riddle A man and his son are driving in a car one day, when they get into a fatal accident. The man is killed instantly. The boy is knocked unconscious, but he is still alive. He is rushed to hospital, and will need immediate surgery. The doctor enters the emergency room, looks at the boy, and says… "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son.” WHO IS THE DOCTOR?

2. Answer This riddle illustrates common gender stereotypes to this day. People assume that doctor implies man THE DOCTOR IS THE BOY’S MOTHER

3. Gender Inequality

4. Activity  State whether the following professions are male dominated or female dominated  Doctors  Nurses  Mechanic  Custodians  Librarian  Astronaut  Secretary  Teacher (Elementary, High school, and College)  Religious Figure (Rabbi, Priest, Pope, Pastor)

5. Female Ratios

6. Gender Differences begin in College Lasell College in Newton-A teaching school

7. Bentley College in Waltham –Business school

8. QUOTES “You can call them and say, “We have a young gentleman who will be coming in there tomorrow for you.” And sometimes they will just say… “Well, I don ’ t want him. I told you I wanted a woman.”(224).

9. What is your interpretation? “…temporary work was acceptable for women but that men should be striving to get real jobs”(226).

10. “Why are all these people taking $6.50 and $7.00 an hour jobs? Why? Why can’t they go out and get a real job?...you have a college degree! What the hell’s going on here? There must be something wrong with this guy. He can’t hold a job, he’s working for 7 bucks an hour stuffing envelopes.”(228).

11. CLIP http://youtu.be/k72f0JFl-7o Why are the men in this clip so upset about having a woman in the work place?

12. What comes to mind?

14. POPULAR TV CHANNELS

15. THE END

16. Bibliography Henson, Kevin D. and Rogers, Jackie K. “”Why Marcia You’ve Changed!” Male Clerical Temporary Workers Doing Masculinity in a Feminized Occupation.” 223: 218-238 Big Future, by College Board “Bentley University”, accessed January 8, 2013, https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university- search/bentley-university?searchType=bf_site&q=&bf_cat=bf_ ‪ Adam2Word, “Funniest Scene Ever! "WOMEN ATTRACT BEARS!””. April 18, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k72f0JFl- 7o&feature=youtu.be Big Future, by College Board “Lasell College”, accessed January 8, 2013, https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university- search/lasellcollege?searchType=bf_site&q=&bf_cat=bf_