intro to womens studies: Cultural Autobiography

Part 1:Who Am I? 

This section explores your origin and identity; please draw from your own experiences to introduce yourself.

• Introduce yourself as it relates to (but is not exclusive to):  gender, sex, sexuality,  race, ethnicity, (dis)ability, language, class, and religion
• How would you describe your individual identity? (Example: how do you see yourself as a male, female, non-binary, or queer person?)
• What messages have you heard about these identities?

Part 2: My World Narrative
This section explores your personal narrative of the world you live in. Please use 1-2 resources to help support how you have come to conceptualize gender memory, life experiences, and beliefs about cultural differences.

• Gender Memory:
  • How did you learn your gender? Where did you learn about gender? What helped shape this understanding?
  • How does your experience compare with the ways that the resources say most people learn about gender (for example, observation or socialization)?
• Life Experiences:
  • Share one experience you had with people who are different from yourself – this can be from any period of your life, but one that helped you think about difference in terms of gender, sex, sexuality,  race, ethnicity, (dis)ability, language, class, and religion.
  • Describe your upbringing regarding your neighborhood, community, school, church, clubs, courses, etc. What did these experiences teach you about gender, sex, and sexuality?
• My Beliefs about Cultural Differences:
  • How has your background shaped your understanding of different groups of people?