Internet Exercises

1. Are your abilities, emotions, and sexuality typical of your gender? Do you think these patterns of behavior are the product of evolution, or learned gender roles, or both?

Cartoons Still Stereotype Gender Roles
This article explains how cartoons that children watch on television still perpetuate traditional gender stereotypes.

2. Have you ever experienced, engaged in, or witnessed sexual harassment? What do you think can be done to reduce the frequency of this problem?

http://www.nowldef.org/
This page approaches sexual harassment from a legal perspective and provides links to several articles related to sexual harassment.

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/sexharassresources.html?exp=0
Examines different types of sexual harassment, what to do if you are confronted with sexual harassment, and sexual harassment in educational institutions.

3. How would a sexually transmitted disease such as genital herpes change a person’s life?

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
Explore many aspects of STDs; includes information about hotlines, publications, and the most recent trends in different STDs.

http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/index.html
An excellent site for links to an extensive number of web sites with information about different types of STDs; includes hotline information.