How gender s got us all tied up explores those issues from the perspectives of high school teens. A fantastic documentary that highlights youth voices about how gender roles have limited and impacted their livesone of my favorite resources. How genders got us all tied up will premiere in their hometown of lexington. How genders got us all tied up, a debra chasnoff documentary derose and composto 2011. It looks at how we all are confined by gender stereotypes. A powerful documentary about the lives of teens and young adults as seen through the gender lens. Transgender teens speak out available in your school library antilgbtq slurs at sfusd schools based on the 2015 youth risk behavior survey, the following are the reported rates of students hearing antilgbtq slurs in the past 12 months. Her other awardwinning films include it s elementary talking about gay issues in school, let s get real about bias and bullying that s a family. Fawn yacker is an american filmmaker, producer and cinematographer. Second year statewide conference on lgbt issues in education.
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Filmed in the same intimate style as that s a family. This years keynote is debra chasnoff of ground spark films. Straightlaced presents a new kind of analysis of gender that drops the insistence that it is women who only matter when we talk about gender. How genders got us all tied up explores those issues from the perspectives of high school teens. How gender s got us all tied up 2009 further off the straight and narrow 2006 off the straight and narrow 1999 more titles can be found on this list. This highly acclaimed documentary takes a powerful look at how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are shaping the lives of. Straightlaced includes the perspectives of teens who selfidentify as straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning and represent all points of the gender spectrum. How genders got us all tied up by debra chasnoff pp. How genders got us all tied up by debra chasnoff find, read and cite all the research you need on.
How genders got us all tied up film and accompanying curriculum guide. On wednesday, 250 educators and students from laramie, wyoming opened the 10th matthew shepard symposium for social justice by watching the film straightlaced. Among the films chasnoff produced and directed under the respect for all project banner are straightlacedhow genders got us all tied up, its elementarytalking about gay issues in school. How gender s got us all tied up by debra chasnoff straightlaced. Just use the password socialdistance to gain access. Straightlaced how genders got us all tied up new day films. Straightlaced how genders got us all tied up straightlaced from girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image to boys who are sexually active just to prove they arent gay, the students in straightlaced illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all. Straightlacedhow genders got us all tied up for middle school and high school its elementarytalking about gay issues in school for higher ed its still elementary for higher ed all the films have accompanying curriculum guides. The social construction of gender relations by michael kimmel.
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What is gender studies growing up gendered syllabus 2 t 93. In the film, youll meet more than 50 high school students who share their experiences and reflections about genderthe expectations, roles, pressures and rules about what it means to be growing up male or female. Straightlaced how genders got us all tied up debra chasnoff debra chasnoff director format. The films are available close captioned in english and with spanish subtitles. Marc webbs superhero sequel is savvy, punchy and dashing enough to stir the blood of even the most jaded adult, writes xan brooks. Groundspark is offering free streaming of many of their popular youthfocused inclusion programs, including the film straightlaced. How genders got us all tied up 2009 further off the straight and narrow 2006 off the straight and narrow 1999 more titles can be found on this. The documentary, directed and produced by academy awardwinning documentary. Dvd is a documentary that includes the perspectives of teens who selfidentify as straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning, and represent all points of the gender spectrum. Straightlacedhow genders got us all tied up home facebook.
Straightlaced helps us all come to terms with our fear and discomfort around gender and gender nonconformity and in doing so makes the world safer for all of us. Were about to see a film called straightlacedhow genders got us all tied up. These stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven, and illustrating the different ways these expectations connect with. Straightlaced how genders got us all tied up is an uplifting and entertaining film, featuring high school youth speaking candidly about harmful pressures of rigid gender roles and homophobia. Glsens no namecalling week is a week organized by k12 educators and students to end namecalling and bullying in schools. This highly acclaimed documentary takes a powerful look at how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are. Untying gender constraints during adolescence springerlink. No admission will be charged, but donations are requested. Her films include straightlaced how gender s got us all tied up, about the gender and sexuality pressures that teens and young adults face today. Apr 06, 2020 groundspark is offering free streaming of many of their popular youthfocused inclusion programs, including the film straightlaced.
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Despite feminist understandings of the socially constructed nature of sex and gender and anthropological studies of alternative constructions, western societies tend to understand sex and gender in. With a fearless look at a highly charged subject, straightlaced unearths how pressures around gender and sexuality are confining american teens. She and her company produce gender and sexuality based films about youth. From girls who dumb down so they dont intimidate boys, to boys who are sexually active to prove they arent gay, to non. Getting real about bullyingrelated suicides huffpost. Her other awardwinning films include its elementary talking about gay issues in school, lets get real about bias and bullying thats a family.
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