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2/9/24, 9:07 AM Topic: Module 07: Individual Discussion - Heterosexuality Privilege for Sale - Part II

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This is a graded discussion: 10 points possible due Mar 17

Module 07: Individual Discussion - Heterosexuality Privilege for Sale - Part II This assignment is required and counts towards your points for your final grade in this course.

Purpose

This assignment will help you to better understand the heterosexuality bias/assumption and investigate the concept of heterosexual privilege. It will give you an opportunity to reflect on your own values as well as highlight the many ways that heterosexism and homophobia is institutionalized throughout our culture and systems. It will also give you an opportunity to work in a small group to collaborate with other students and increase your exposure to and awareness of diverse perspectives.

Task

Many “rights” are not extended to the queer community and many of these privileges are not limited to political or legal ones but include social and interpersonal privilege as well. There are a wide variety of privileges that those in heterosexual or what we would consider opposite sex relationships are endowed with in this society. Some are personal, social, political or even legal. And while we often focus on the fights for the legal or political privileges, there are also day-to-day experiences of those in the LGBTQ community to keep in mind. Remember that privilege - money in this case - can at times beget more privilege - and gain access to more privilege. In moving forward from this activity I think it would be positive to keep this in mind when we talk about how does stigma and marginalization effect those in the LGBTQ community or in same-sex relationships - that all of these things affect someone’s daily life and experiences.

This assignment has two parts:

Part I - Should have been completed on the previous page:

This is a small group task and you have been assigned to a group of 3 or 4 students – please find your group in the “People” area in the left of our class site (Professor will create this by the end of the 6th week). You will need to use the “Module 07: Group

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Discussion - Heterosexuality Privilege for Sale – Part I (https://learn.vccs.edu/courses/601731/discussion_topics/7231931) ” forum for this part of the assignment.

Please review the following sheet with a list of privileges on it:

Heterosexual Privileges for Sale - Items for sale (https://learn.vccs.edu/courses/601731/files/156232578/download?wrap=1) (https://learn.vccs.edu/courses/601731/files/156232578/download?download_frd=1)

For the purposes of this activity we all are going to exist in a world without these privileges. You and your group are going to have to buy specific privileges. Each privilege costs $100. You have each received money to buy the privileges - see my post in your group discussion board to find out how much you were given to spend.

As a group you must decide which privileges to buy using your group discussion board to discuss/debate your decision. Once you’ve decided on your privileges, please post a thread titled: “Final Privileges”.

Students need to post at least 2 substantive threads (contributing to the discussion, not just saying “hi” or “good idea” etc). before the due date for Part I.

Part II (due 11:59 p.m. on the due date listed):

This is an individual task.

After working with your group to purchase privileges answer the following questions on your own:

Was it difficult to pick out the privileges? Why or why not? What on this list surprised you? Are there any items that you would like to discuss more as a group or found particularly interesting? Are there any items you don’t quite understand? Would your individual list of privileges have differed from those purchased by your group? In what way? How did this activity make you feel? What have you learned from this activity?

Post your answers to the whole class discussion board under the “Module 07: Individual Discussion - Heterosexuality Privilege for Sale – Part II (https://learn.vccs.edu/courses/601731/discussion_topics/7231931) ” forum. Each student must post their own work

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for Part II.

Read other students responses and reply if you’d like, remembering to Netiquette guidelines for online discussions.

Note: You will not be able to read other student posts until you have posted your own work!

Post your discussion:

Click the Reply button below to post your introduction in the discussion forum. When finished, click the Post Reply You can also find this discussion forum by clicking the Discussions link in Course Navigation.

Grading

This assignment is worth 20 points. It has two separate due dates: Part one is worth 10 points and is due by 11:59 pm. on the due date listed. Part two is worth an additional 10 points and it is due by 11:59 p.m on the due date listed. Late, untyped, and/or emailed work is not accepted for any reason.

Your Part I points will be determined in part by the contributions you make to your group discussion board. You will need to post at least 2 times before the Part I due to be eligible to receive full points for this part of the assignment. Posting once will result in a loss of 5 points on this assignment; and posting 0 times will result in a loss of 10 points on this assignment. Posts need to include substantive and relevant contributions – this means on topic and containing meaningful information to help the group complete the assignment.

Your Part II points will be determined by the depth of reflection given to the answers and the clarity of thought expressed in writing. Failure to answer a question at all and/or failure to answer a question completely will result in a loss of points.

Proofreading is expected and you will need to use complete sentences. Multiple errors (in grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization) will result in a loss of up to 2 points (10%) on this assignment.

Citations are not required on this assignment unless you consult a resource other than the textbook or required reading. However, plagiarized work (see Syllabus for definition of plagiarism) will result in a 0 on this assignment - there are no exceptions.

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