Gender Bias: Provide information and examples regarding health care professionals’ bias against men, women, non-binary. Do they diagnose the same? Treat the same? More likely to find pathology in one group than the other? Minimize pain? Dismiss symptoms? Provide support. This is not an attack on health care professionals; we know it happens without their malicious intent.
Marital Satisfaction: Look up a journal article on the differences between men and women (or any gender) in regard to marital satisfaction and the benefits of marriage. Report the findings and elaborate on your reasoning for the findings or the implications of the findings. Support your ideas.
Internalization/Externalization: Research the difference between internalizing behaviors and externalizing behaviors in regard to female and male coping and its relationship to mental illness/issues/problems. Be specific.
Preventative Health: Describe differences between males, females, trans, or those non-binary in regard to seeking preventative health measures, seeking formal health care (both physical and mental), and the obstacles for care facing both genders. You may even note how
limitations worsen for people who are transgender or intersex.
Your choice: Make a discussion topic of your choosing as long as it applies and is relevant to the readings assigned this week. I’m very lenient with this topic choice, but do it well! (Examples: Male vs. Females perspectives of marriage, Jealousy in males vs. females, Reasons for infidelity for males vs. females…. the list can go on! )
Health Issues: Identify and elaborate on two major health issues facing women or men. Explain the influence of gender in regard to cultural norms, access to resources, power, stress etc. that influence the health issue. Be specific. Support your findings.
(If you haven’t done this already in previous week) Superwoman Syndrome/Second Shift: Women are often reported to suffer from something called the “Superwoman syndrome.” Your readings discuss the concepts of “second shift” and of womens’ “psychological responsibility” in regard to womens’ roles. Briefly explain these concepts and elaborate on their implications regarding women’s physical and mental health. Discuss what pressures we put on men and how it impacts them too.