Read, listen, and watch the media listed below. Choose one to write about. Write a 1- to 2-page paper in APA Style that answers the questions that follow. Be sure to incorporate concepts learned from this week’s materials into your assignment. Cite your textbook as a source.
Listen to the audio file Defending and Attacking Polygamy in Saudi Arabia.
Read the article Adoptive Gay Father Families: Parent-Child Relationships and Children’s Psychological Adjustment.
Watch this clip from the movie She’s the Man: She’s The Man movie trailer (Video 2:01)
1. What different interpretations of family and gender roles are voiced in the materials you reviewed? Draw connections between the materials above and your textbook readings.
2. To what extent do these differing viewpoints correspond or clash with Western notions of family?