Assignment task
1. Critically discuss TWO or more theoretical perspectives that we have discussed during the module and apply those theoretical perspectives to at least THREE everyday experiences of gender and/or sexuality.
2. The portfolio should include an explanation and critical discussion of your chosen theoretical perspectives, this should form the bulk of the wordcount and should draw on the weekly module readings. The examples of everyday experiences should be knitted into this discussion. Keep the description of the examples to a minimum, instead using the wordcount to explain why the theoretical perspectives you are using help to interpret and understand the everyday examples. Add a copy of your chosen examples, including live links, to an Appendix at the end of your assignment and refer to this in your discussion.
3. Examples of everyday experiences of gender and/or sexuality can come from a very wide range of sources – for example, newspapers/magazines, online media, blogs, films, exhibitions, documentaries, radio broadcasts.
4. Word limit is 2,500. (Excluding references and Appendices).
This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the debates in the sociology of gender and sexuality.
2. Critically interpret evidence from everyday experiences of gender and sexuality in relation to academic debates on the sociology of gender and sexuality.
3.Use theory to interpret and illuminate everyday experiences of social life and social structures.
4. Demonstrate a critical understanding of academic evidence and how it can be used to construct an argument.
5. Critically evaluate academic arguments in order to build understanding of gender and sexuality in society.
