What can movies and television shows communicate to people about gender roles and identities? If you were to put on your cultural anthropologist “hat” and analyze a program, you would think about the messages it conveys regarding gender roles and identities.

For example, “Leave it to Beaver” and other shows of Post-World War II America reinforced certain values. 

Choose a movie or television series that you enjoy, and discuss the following:

• First, give an explanation of what your chosen program or movie is about. 
  • Next, analyze and discuss the ways in which it reflects, reinforces, or subverts gender constructs.