tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post5284847599135714531..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Gender Me, Gender ReligionPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-57699008555579305202010-07-30T11:48:26.216-06:002010-07-30T11:48:26.216-06:00Mike, I always wonder if I am able to get "aw...Mike, I always wonder if I am able to get "away" with this because of the cultural scrutiny women face already. I tend to play around with the sound of my voice and my posture to get my students to tell me how gendered those types of things are. Interestingly enough, sexuality always comes up, and my students are CERTAIN that I am heterosexual.<br /><br />I am not sure I know of any men professors who do this exercise but it would be really helpful to compare how students approach "gendering" men as opposed to gendering women. Some of my students tell me that no man professor would even allow this as an option, which strikes me as fascinating even though I am doubtful about their assessment.<br /><br />Also, I also pulled this stunt, I mean, teaching strategy in New Mexico, and my students there said similar things to my students in Tennessee and Florida. Though, I did teach gender like this while pregnant, which makes for whole other kind of experiment. <br /><br />If you decide to try it, let me know and we can compare notes. If decide not to try it, I won't hold it against you :)Kelly J. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328894784072518452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-77285853978658806822010-07-30T11:38:49.889-06:002010-07-30T11:38:49.889-06:00Kelly, this is a great post! It provokes a whole h...Kelly, this is a great post! It provokes a whole host of questions. How would the experiment go over with a male professor? Or a gay professor? Or outside of the South?<br /><br />It seems to me that women may already have their "gender performance" more publicly scrutinized than men and so having a woman professor act as a guinea pig works much different than if a man did it. But who knows? I'd love to hear about a man professor trying it. <br /><br />Another thing the gendering experiment does,it opens up the ways gender is always tied up with race, class, religious identity, etc. By putting yourself out there as a guinea pig you give students a chance to see how pulling on gender begins to unwind these other strands of identity too. <br /><br />Quite frankly, I don't know that I have the guts to try this. But, like your students, it has made me think more about my own gender performance.Michael J. Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352048990586521566noreply@blogger.com