class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # SOC 2220 Discussion Section ## Week 10 ### Xuewen Yan ### 2020-11-5 --- # Announcements - Freebie quiz 7 this week starting at 3pm Friday until 6:30pm Sunday - unconditional 100 if go in and check it ( points deducted if submit late) - Hagerman’s talk next Tuesday – go to [https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NnFA9wm7TsWcj30l858X_g](https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NnFA9wm7TsWcj30l858X_g) to register --- # Today's goal - Discussion: Sex as commodity - Brainstorm questions for Prof. Hagerman’s talk --- # Activity 1: A global map of sex work Explore this interactive website: - Global Mapping of Sex Work Laws [https://www.nswp.org/sex-work-laws-map?colour_value[0]=1](https://www.nswp.org/sex-work-laws-map?colour_value[0]=1) - Gini index (World Bank estimate) [https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?view=map](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?view=map) Questions: 1. What’s the overall impression that you get from these two maps? 2. How does sex work operate for different groups (countries)? What aspects of inequality (gender, race, class, sexuality) can be reflected by sex work? 3. How does sex work relate to issues of inequality and power relations in society? Can sex work be empowering or is it oppressive? 4. Think about research ethics. What are your thoughts on researchers doing qualitative research on sex work? --- # Activity 2: Hagerman's book In each breakout room, use this google form [https://forms.gle/pdoR6Jtoa5GARhnR6](https://forms.gle/pdoR6Jtoa5GARhnR6) to write down questions! 1. How do you feel about this book? What are your main takeaways from the book *White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America*? 2. Imagine you are doing an interview with Prof. Hagerman. What questions do you want to ask her? Questions could base both on the content of the book and examples in your real life. 3. Prof. Hagerman spent two years embedded in upper-middle-class white households, listening in on conversations about race. She followed 36 of the White children between the ages of 10 and 13, interviewing them as well as watching them do homework, play video games, and otherwise go about their days. Which parts of her research process do you feel curious about or interested in? 4. What remaining questions or confusions do you have for this book?