Having Fun with the Gender Box
By Daniel Dombrowski
EDI 550/551 Psychology of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 10, 2009
Today was a very interesting and fun class. This was especially true when the class was doing the gender box exercise. It might sound kind of cliche, but when the guys were in their own room, it felt like we were a team, or even a representation for that matter. Having fun, laughing, and writing down all the ideas we could think of was a pretty entertaining exercise. To have an almost “battle of the sexes” where we had to say what were the characteristics, or stereotypes for that matter, of men and also what “men” were not.
When we finally got back to the room, it was interesting to see, at first glance, what colors the guys and girls picked. The guys picked blue, red, and green while the girls chose pink and purple. Almost a stereotype in itself. Then, once we finished with our results, both groups showed the stereotypes and the girls had a lot more than the guys. I feel that we really got most of the stereotypes of men, even though they seemed to be much more physical in nature and less relying on emotions. It was interesting to see that all of the words on the outside of the girls box could go on the inside of the guys box and vice versa for the most part. It was a very entertaining to see how each group reacted to the others stereotypes and was a very educational class in a sort of unorthodox method.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 10, 2009
Today was a very interesting and fun class. This was especially true when the class was doing the gender box exercise. It might sound kind of cliche, but when the guys were in their own room, it felt like we were a team, or even a representation for that matter. Having fun, laughing, and writing down all the ideas we could think of was a pretty entertaining exercise. To have an almost “battle of the sexes” where we had to say what were the characteristics, or stereotypes for that matter, of men and also what “men” were not.
When we finally got back to the room, it was interesting to see, at first glance, what colors the guys and girls picked. The guys picked blue, red, and green while the girls chose pink and purple. Almost a stereotype in itself. Then, once we finished with our results, both groups showed the stereotypes and the girls had a lot more than the guys. I feel that we really got most of the stereotypes of men, even though they seemed to be much more physical in nature and less relying on emotions. It was interesting to see that all of the words on the outside of the girls box could go on the inside of the guys box and vice versa for the most part. It was a very entertaining to see how each group reacted to the others stereotypes and was a very educational class in a sort of unorthodox method.
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