Q Handout 12-1: Gender Differences in Occupations Watch at least three different TV programs and note the careers held by the men and women in the programs. If possible, watch a program from a different decade and compare it to TV programs today. Answer the questions on the handout. List Programs: Program #1:___________________________________ Year 1st run:_____________________ Program #2:___________________________________ Year 1st run:_____________________ Program #3:___________________________________ Year 1st run:_____________________ 1. Did the men in the TV programs have traditional jobs? List the jobs they held, and if you think these are traditionally male jobs. 2. Did the women in the TV programs have traditional jobs? List the jobs they held, and if you think these are traditionally female jobs. 3. If you watched programs from different decades, were the jobs held by men and women in earlier decades more or less traditional than what you observed in more recent programming? 4. Do you think the TV programs’ portrayals of careers held by men and women in the workforce are realistic? Why or why not? 5. What kind of message about careers and gender do you think the programs you watched conveyed? PreviousNext