THIS IS DUE LIKE RIGHT NOW, AND I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THESE THREE QUESTIONS Gender Lens

Definition: Reading a text for its gender related issues or attitudes towards gender. The assumption here is that men and women are different: they write differently, read differently, and write about their reading differently. These differences should be valued.

Questions and Strategies:

1. Consider the gender of the author and the characters: what role does gender play in the text?

2. Observe how gender stereotypes might be reinforced or undermined. Try to see how the text reflects or distorts the place men or women have in society.

3. Imagine reading the text from the point of view of someone from the opposite gender.