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2009-2010
8th Grade
Summit Charter Academy Redwood Campus
Porterville, California

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1. Which research method does this assignment represent? Unobtrusive measure, documents, or content analysis.
2. Which average subordinate gender display score is the highest? The group with the highest circled number is the group which displayed more subordination than the other group, and more than the grade overall. Females with 2.4.
3. How does subordination differ from dominance? Use a dictionary to give the definition and then explain it in your own words. Dominance is the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" Subordination is the quality of obedient submissiveness. Basically dominance and subordination are opposites. One group has "the power" and the other doesn't.
4. How do the gender displays observed indicate subordination rather than dominance? Females in this study are more subordinate than the males, due to their high amount of submissive gestures.
5. Is it surprising to you that this group showed more subordination than the other did? Explain. It isn't really shocking because males in this time period tend to behave more dominant like our culture tells them to be and a vast majority of females act how they are supposed to act as well.
6. How do your findings relate to your main textbook? Remember to use MLA style page citations and quotes as appropriate. The findings here link to Henslin's chapter about Race and Ethnicity; the gender groups are regarded as either dominant or singled out. (Henslin 227)
7. How do your findings relate to another reading in the class? Remember to cite your information whether you quote or paraphrase. Judith Lorber's article "Night to His Day" from the book "The Spirit of Sociology" by Ron Matson talks about gender roles and how gender is constructed in society. (Lorber 294)

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