Welcome to our official Myth of Gender website! As a group we interviewed several students from Lima Senior High School along with three teachers. When interviewing, we asked specific in depth questions about the Myth of Gender. Through out our interviews, there was one specific idea we were trying to figure out. How is the Myth of Gender incorporated at Lima Senior?
As a group, we seem to see a pattern in the responses of the Myth of Gender questions. During the interview process, it seems to us that the Myth of Gender is shown through out Lima Senior High School. Many of the anwsers that we received talked about how both genders can dominate each other. The reason we say this is because our Career Tech programs are dominated either by males or females, with a few exeptions where there is a balance of male and female enrollment. An example of a female-dominated program is Patient Care. Traditionally, the nursing field is considered "pink collared," which are service industry positions dominated females. These positions are more nurturing in the care for others and their health. Therefore, Patient Care gives females the opprotunity to nurture others such as the male gender. Examples of male dominated programs are Welding, Construction and Automotive. These three examples are believed to be male dominated because men should be doing the hard labor and blue collar jobs.
We also interviewed students on the subject of transgender. We wanted to discover if students believed there is such thing as a third gender at Lima Senior. When asking questions about the transgender topic, we noticed similar responses among the students. Majority of the students believed being transgender is possible. But, the students also believed there is not a third gender here at Lima Senior. Although a large majority of students accept transgender as a possibility of expressing one's gender, far more students firmly station their beliefs on the gender binary.
We came to the conclusion that the Myth of Gender is supported at Lima Senior High School. There were some points where the Myth of Gender is contradicted at Lima Senior to which the video will illustrate. The responses from the interviewees voiced the same opinion; however, some responses had unique perspectives on the myth. In the first interview with Mrs. Rozell, she states, "We have students who are girls that can dominate the health career field but yet we can still take men in our health care program as well." Although we don't see as much of a mixture of genders within the pink and blue collar programs here at Lima Senior, Rozell does make a good point. Nevertheless, if a male student wants to go into the pink collar programs, they still have the option to do so. Same goes for females wanting to go into the blue collar programs. The opportunities are open for all genders, but the paradigm perpetuates that certain genders "belong" to certain programs. We also asked questions about the transgender. Although transgender is not a third gender, it still fulfills the binary genders of male and female. Ashley Smith, one of our student interviewees, states her opinion about the idea of transgender being a third gender. She states that "I don't really think it is a third gender but, it is from switching from one to another which is okay." Although her statement is opinionated, it somes up the belief on whether transgender is a third gender here at Lima Senior. The message we want to get across to our audience is that no matter your gender, you are still a human being. The binary roles will not dictate the type of person you are.
As a group, we seem to see a pattern in the responses of the Myth of Gender questions. During the interview process, it seems to us that the Myth of Gender is shown through out Lima Senior High School. Many of the anwsers that we received talked about how both genders can dominate each other. The reason we say this is because our Career Tech programs are dominated either by males or females, with a few exeptions where there is a balance of male and female enrollment. An example of a female-dominated program is Patient Care. Traditionally, the nursing field is considered "pink collared," which are service industry positions dominated females. These positions are more nurturing in the care for others and their health. Therefore, Patient Care gives females the opprotunity to nurture others such as the male gender. Examples of male dominated programs are Welding, Construction and Automotive. These three examples are believed to be male dominated because men should be doing the hard labor and blue collar jobs.
We also interviewed students on the subject of transgender. We wanted to discover if students believed there is such thing as a third gender at Lima Senior. When asking questions about the transgender topic, we noticed similar responses among the students. Majority of the students believed being transgender is possible. But, the students also believed there is not a third gender here at Lima Senior. Although a large majority of students accept transgender as a possibility of expressing one's gender, far more students firmly station their beliefs on the gender binary.
We came to the conclusion that the Myth of Gender is supported at Lima Senior High School. There were some points where the Myth of Gender is contradicted at Lima Senior to which the video will illustrate. The responses from the interviewees voiced the same opinion; however, some responses had unique perspectives on the myth. In the first interview with Mrs. Rozell, she states, "We have students who are girls that can dominate the health career field but yet we can still take men in our health care program as well." Although we don't see as much of a mixture of genders within the pink and blue collar programs here at Lima Senior, Rozell does make a good point. Nevertheless, if a male student wants to go into the pink collar programs, they still have the option to do so. Same goes for females wanting to go into the blue collar programs. The opportunities are open for all genders, but the paradigm perpetuates that certain genders "belong" to certain programs. We also asked questions about the transgender. Although transgender is not a third gender, it still fulfills the binary genders of male and female. Ashley Smith, one of our student interviewees, states her opinion about the idea of transgender being a third gender. She states that "I don't really think it is a third gender but, it is from switching from one to another which is okay." Although her statement is opinionated, it somes up the belief on whether transgender is a third gender here at Lima Senior. The message we want to get across to our audience is that no matter your gender, you are still a human being. The binary roles will not dictate the type of person you are.