Questions

What is Vocational Counseling?

                Holland, J.L. (1963). Exploration of the theory of vocational choice: self- descriptions and                     vocational preferences. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 12(1): 17-24.

Why sex and gender matter     

             Lorber, J. (1994). Believing is seeing: Biology as ideology. Paradoxes of Gender. New Haven: Yale         University Press.

              Sapolsky, R.M. (2007).Testosterone rules. In Gendered Society Reader pp. 26-31.

After reading the articles above, please respond to the following questions by selecting Reply below, do not create a new thread.

1 - What are your career goals?  Do they follow traditional gender roles? Why or why not? How has your gender socialization impacted your career plans?

2 - Which career development theory, Holland, Bandura, or Super aligns most closely with your vocational development?

3 - Lorber (1994) describes how inequality has been justified around interpretations of biology as destiny, and these interpretations are used to justify unequal treatment of men and women. Sapolsky (2007) provides a different perspective on men and aggression.  What resonated most for you in these readings?

4 - Warren, P. Inequality by design: The connection between race, crime, victimization, and social policy.  Question: Why does inequality exist? How does the author(s) of each article understand the cause of inequality? How different are their perspectives from one another?