Gender Interview

Summary: of who your interviewee is (gender and relative background info including other intersecting identities)
Reflection: please share your reflections about what your interviewee shared with you about their gendered experiences. (e.g. can you relate to their experiences?, how different or similar? what especially stood out to you about their experiences and why?)
Apply: identify particular women’s issues you have learned about in this  course (at least 3 topics we have covered so far) to describe the issues/topics that the interviewee discussed. Be sure to use specific examples, reflect on the significance of this issue for women  identified individuals and reflect on what new insights you have gained about this  particular issue.
Paper should be at least 4 pages but no longer than 6 pages, double spaced, TNR size 12 font, and include in-text citations as well as a references page. The 4-6 page limit does not include the references page(s).
Sample Interview Questions:

When did you first become aware of your gender?
12-15 years from Mexico
Who / what has had the most influence on how you express your gender?
Parents, only child of 7/only boy
What does your gender mean to you?
I am proud of what I am and no one will change that. Don’t care what others say.
What other identities intersect with their gender identity and influence their identity based experiences?
Was abused sexually at a young age, he just gay but does not dress like a women or nothing like that
What types of gendered expectations and messages have you received in family, work environment, etc.?
Not much has changed because of his decision, he is very loved from his family and coworkers
How have gendered expectations shaped your perceptions of gender?
To be more open, that everyone should have the same support no matter their gender preferences
What do you perceive as advantages and disadvantages of being a woman?

Sample reflection questions to consider when writing your paper:

What do you observe about how they talk with you about their gender?
What did you learn about them/their experience that you did not already know?
What issues/topics related to women that we have covered in class have they either experienced or known someone else to experience?
What  similarities or differences exist between their experiences and yours?

Use references from the book women’s lives a psychological explanation by Claire A

This is someone I have actually just met recently within this year. I actually don’t have many friends or know many that have other gender preferences. It is not because I have anything against them but more that I have not had the opportunity to get involved with.
This is someone that has been a guy since they were very young and is currently in their 30’s so definitely a while. It was definitely something that opened my eyes in a different way, as I found out details that I never knew of them. However this made me only respect them more for their decisions and for telling me the details. She was 12 years old when she suffered from sexual abuse from a family member that she never open up about. As usual she was scared no one believed her and would be doubted especially growing up in a hispanic household. A few years after when she began high school she knew it was not guys that she was interested in, rather only women. Although she could blame this on her trauma when she was a young girl, she decided not to focus too much on that. Decided she would tell her parents and family/friends about it. With the love and support it provided