Alyssa,+Elise,+Rachel

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__**Big Picture Q:**__ How do ones cultural background affect their gender expectations?

__**Research Q:**__ When shown a photo of a masculine woman and a feminine man, how do gender expectations vary among high school students in Illinois and Seoul?

__**Narrow questions (possible):**__ -how would you respond to this person walking into a public restroom you're in? //* maybe do a paper survey on this one? *// //-//how would you respond to this person if they expressed flirtatious feelings?
 * //We plan on asking additional questions about the photos that will be displayed to supplement their reactions.//**

__**How?**__ -show pictures of masculine girls and feminine boys -conduct a survey on how people think of them //We will show the same exact photos and ask the exact same questions in Illinois and Seoul.//

__**Hypothesis:**__ -we do not have a specific hypothesis yet, but we believe that high school students in Illinois and Seoul would definitely have different thoughts about masculine woman and a feminine man. //-people in Seoul may be more open to unconventional masculine and feminine looks due to the high fashion look that is very affluent in this city, rather than suburban Illinois.//

__**REASONS:**__ We have chosen to pursue this question and hypothesis to test how people evaluate a man and woman's appearance and to find what is culturally acceptable in Korea and Illinois. We will test on high schoolers in Illinois and KIS.

__**Communication:**__ -we will keep sending each other messages on Facebook (we have begun)

//DOCUMENTS FOR RESEARCH:// 1) http://www.questiaschool.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28646882 (Elise) 2) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2964139/Men-with-high-testosterone-attracted-to-women-with-feminine-faces.html (Rachel) 3) http://home.messiah.edu/~chase/h/articles/regenera/effem.htm (Rachel) //* this article is more related to homosexuality *// 4) http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Womens%20Page/masculine_women.htm (Rachel) 5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6398859 (Elise) 6) http://www.springerlink.com/content/wt263280n80700vv/ (Elise) 7) http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-147614189.html (Rachel)

Comments: I like the questions you will be asking them, but how will you be getting the information? My suggestion is that you should make the survey on paper so it would be anonymous so people will be more honest and you will get more accurate results. Also, will you be asking an equal number of males and female students? Will you be looking for differences in responses in regards to race, sexual orientation, or gender? (Ali)

Kari- I think a paper survey would also be very helpful. If a person is asked these questions in person they may be less willing to give their honest feelings. However, on paper it is more anonymous.

Mike I think that a survey on paper would definately be a good idea if you wanted people to give honest answers. You could also ask some people in person and compare those results to the paper survey.

Rachel's Summary //***I rewrote my lit review based on a better article that I found//

Elise's Summary Survey Questions Survey Pictures Female Results Illinois Male Results Illinois Female Results Seoul Male Results Seoul

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