Activity Assignment 3 - Female Body Image and Bias

Activity Assignment 3 - Female Body Image and Bias

Due date:

The day of the third midterm

How to turn in:

Turn in a copy to Turnitin.com on the day we take midterm 3.

Point value:

This activity is worth 20 points. 

Considerations:

We will discuss this topic in class and you are encouraged to talk about this topic with your classmates outside of class. You can even read each other’s papers. However, simply copying and editing another person’s paper is considered plagiarism and you will, at a minimum, get a zero on this assignment. Turnitin.com is very good at catching plagiarizers. Please do not attempt.

Resubmission policy:

Any paper that receives a score of 19 or less (93%) can be revised and resubmitted. However, the resubmit option can only be used once. And the maximum score possible for a paper that is resubmitted is 19. There is a section on Turnitin.com where you can turn in a resubmission. You will have until the next exam to resubmit. No late resubmissions will be accepted. 

Assignment:

Write an essay giving your reactions to two videos. The first is “The Strength to Resist: The Media’s Impact on Women & Girls.” If you were not here for the video, you can watch it at the Cuesta library on the SLO campus. The second is “Weight Prejudice: Myths and Facts.” If you were not here for the video, you can watch it online at http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/what_we_do.aspx?id=254.

You can write an essay that combines your thoughts about both videos, or you can write an essay that has two sections—one section for each video. Summarize the arguments made in the videos and assess their claims.

Questions to think about (You do not have to respond to all the items. You are not restricted to this list.):

Describe the pressures that girls and women face with respect to body image.

To what extent do we endorse or resist messages about body image in the media and other places?

What impact to those messages and others that internalize those messages have on those that do not fit the ideal?

Grading rubric:

1. essay demonstrates that you watched both videos

2. essay demonstrates the sociological imagination

3. it is well written 

4. it is at least one page, double-spaced (at least 300 words)