Why do you choose to wear the clothes that you do? Where did your choices come from? Were you influenced by your peers, by culture, by biology?
T??????????????????????ake a moment to think about the clothes you are wearing and the ways you dressyourself. Why do you choose to wear the clothes that you do? Where did your choices comefrom? Were you influenced by your peers, by culture, by biology?Now consider Judith Lorbers and Deborah Blums essays about gender. Lorber argues thatgender is a social construct, while Blum contends that gender is natural. What do you think?Which argument is more persuasive? Write a 3-3.5-page essay in which you argue for one or theother. Or perhaps you think gender is a social construct and natural. Either way, be sure toarticulate your position clearly in the form of a thesis statement, which should appear at the endof your introduction. As a means of entering a conversation about this topic and as a springboardto your thesis, introduce Lorber and Blum in your introduction: their full names, title of theirwork, and their main arguments. Imagine that your readers have never read these pieces before.In the body of your paper, you want to support your thesis by providing support from Lorbersand Blums essays and from your own experiences and observations (provide plenty ofexamples). When you?????????????????????? reference the essays in the body of the paper, be sure to follow MLAguidelines for in-text citations. You will also need to create a works cited page for the essays.Outside research is not required; however, you may include one additional source, no more thanone, please. This is not a research paper.While I do not require that you see a tutor with a draft of this paper, I encourage you to utilizethe TMCC Tutoring and Learning Center or send a draft of your paper to Smarthinking (see linksto both services in the white navigation column on our course page) for feedback and revisionsuggestions. These services are free to TMCC students.So we are clear, I evaluate my students work based on the rubrics presented at the end of theassignments and the ones in Canvas (the one in Canvas is more detailed). When I read yourpapers, I offer comments that will help you improve your writing skills, so please read mycomments. If you ever have any questions regarding any of my comments, contact me.For any paper you write in this class, be sure to follow MLA guidelines (in your handbook)for formatting a paper and documenting sources. Include in-text citations and a workscited page (pp??????????????????????. 150-200).
