Abstract
This research paper examines the way in which a university classroom focuses upon patriarchy and sexism and the responses to these issues. The 110 students in this upper division class were encouraged to examine their beliefs and values in an environment where they could be challenged by readings, other students’ reactions and web posts. These web posts were anonymous so that students could feel safe and were classified in a six-stage identity scheme developed by Hoffman (1985). Their six-stage categories were modified by the authors of this paper and were used to describe the transformation of students’ identities from sexist to anti-sexist.
Highlights
American society was founded on patriarchy, a social system in which males held primary power and predominated in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property
This paper examines whether the gender beliefs of female and male college students in an upper division college
Four students who identified as LGBT had 11 out of 12 web posts that fell into a transformative stage
Summary
American society was founded on patriarchy, a social system in which males held primary power and predominated in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. This society in the late 18th century had laws that legitimized the favoring of males with property rights disputes, divorce as only possible with male consent, and no suffrage for women.
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