Gender

Gender

Today’s BIG Question:

What is ‘patriarchy’?

Powerful Knowledge:

To what extent does ‘patriarchy’ influence today’s society?

What social construct is at play here?

How does society reinforce this construct?

Prepare to submit your responses on the next slide.

Open Ended

What social construct did you identify? How does society reinforce this construct?

Based on this image, what do you think patriarchy could mean?

Open Ended

I think that patriarchy is ...

Patriarchy:

a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line.

a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

Open Ended

Using the definitions of patriarchy, summarise the main idea into 20 words or less.

How do the following tales portray patriarchal ideas?

Snow White

Open Ended

How does Snow White reinforce patriarchal ideas?

Little Red Riding Hood

Open Ended

How does Little Red Riding Hood reinforce patriarchal ideas?

Superman

Open Ended

How does Superman reinforce patriarchal ideas?

Poll

Which patriarchal idea do you think is the most problematic?

• Women need to be saved by men.

• Women's lives are improved by marrying a man.

• Women are weak.

• Women cannot protect themselves.

Open Ended

Summarise the message of the song into 3 bulletpoints.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVcLIfSC4OE

Open Ended

How can the society Mulan lives in be considered a patriarchy?

Open Ended

How does Mulan subvert the patriarchal ideas in her society?

A student once said: “the Disney princesses are so popular because they rebel against patriarchy and often succeed”

To what extent do you agree?

_{Threshold Task: You must come up with an argument FOR and AGAINST this statement.} 

_{Each idea should include:}

_{-A point that is linked to the statement}

_{-A reference to a disney princess/disney character to support your point with explanation}

_{-And explanation of how the audience is encouraged to feel.} 

Model response - why this is a good response? Make notes to submit on the next slide

I agree with the idea that the disney princesses are popular because of the fact that they are often rebellious. In particular, when we observe Mulan we watch her defy patriarchy and join the military force in order to protect her father. This goes against our understanding of patriarchy because she is evidently strong and independent. As such, the resilience she shows during her training and the initiative she shows during battle highlights her strength as a female character. As a result, this inspires the audience and therefore encourages us to admire her character.

Open Ended

Why was the response strong?

Improve this response

Disney princesses aren’t that popular. The only reason anybody watches the princess movies is because they are usually beautiful and admirable. I know this because in Cinderella, everybody hates the ugly step-sisters. 

Open Ended

Disney princesses aren’t that popular. The only reason anybody watches the princess movies is because they are usually beautiful and admirable. I know this because in Cinderella, everybody hates the ugly step-sisters.

Write your improved response. Do not change the idea, instead improve how it is expressed. Reflect on how the model response was successful.

Next lesson you will be writing your own response to the question.

For homework, prepare ideas you could include in your response. 1 for and 1 against.