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Article #113: Great Science Fair Project -- Do Gender Roles Exist?

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Are men and women different in their your children, and most anything that you
tastes of how to spend free time? Are wish to include. You should create a good
teenagers different? Here's some mix of so called male and female oriented
background information that could be an diversions.
interesting science fair project to help It would be helpful to have as many as
you find out. If you are not interested twenty people on your list, making
in doing a project, you could do this certain that you have a representative
experiment for the fun of it. number of people of different genders and
Let's begin with some preconceived age groups. Prepare your questionnaire
notions of what we think men and boys and ask them to rate what they like on a
like to do. Sporting events of all kinds; scale of one to five, with one being
car racing, football, baseball, something they really like, and five
basketball, hockey and wrestling would be being something they never do.
among the favorites. Men like to male We all know that Mohammed Ali was one of
bond doing things like hunting, fishing, the greatest fighters of all time, but
camping, playing golf, playing cards and how many of us realize that his daughter
other forms of gambling. was also a highly rated, first class
Some stereotypical diversions for girls prizefighter. Women play in the men's
and women might include visiting art golf tour. Michelle Wie does it all the
galleries, spending time with book clubs, time and even the best women's golfer of
shopping and window shopping, charitable our time, Annika Sorenstam has played in
work and child care. the men's tour.
These gender-related avocations may seem We have women soldiers and women sailers
a bit medieval and chauvinistic. Or are and women marines. We have men who are
they? We will find out with an experiment nurses. At one time, no so long ago, it
to learn the truth. was believed that the nursing profession
Gather a list of all of the friends and which is based on giving care to the sick
family that you think would enjoy and elderly was only for women, but not
participating in the experiment. If you so. Men make very good nurses.
are doing a science fair project, make How many other professions can you think
sure you quantify all of your data to of that were once only for men and now
make your presentation. Get a good mix of attract many women, and how many other
men and women, boy and girls. The more which were once only for women now
the merrier. attract men? We may some day shortly
Structure a questionnaire listing have a woman president. At one time
activities like those mentioned above and there were only men in the House of
add as many different activities that you Representatives and in the Senate, but
can think of. If you wish to focus on now there are many women. We also have
high school students, for example, you men who are among the best hair dressers,
may wish to include items like school and clothing designers.
social activities, school trips, athletic After you have finished your experiment,
events, dances, lectures, seminars, field gather the finished data, reduce the
trips, after-school activities, home work figures, and come up with your answers.
and so on. What have you found? Where your
If you are working with adults, you might preconceived notions borne out? Or where
include luncheon meetings, parent-teacher you surprised with the results?
activities, going to the playground with






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