Category: Humanities

Week 3 Reading Outline

Damn, YoWhos That Girl?An Ethnographic Analysis of Masculinity in Drug Robberies

Contreras (2009)

1. Who is The Girl and why is she important for drug robberies?

2. How do the expectations of masculinity play into drug robberies described by Contreras?

3. How is masculinity reproduced in the drug robberies? (how is The Girl rewarded for her part?

Is she adequately compensated? If not, why not according to the individuals interviewed by

Contreras?)

4. How does the role played by The Girl fit in with gender norms and gender expectations?

(nurturant role obligations and female beauty standards?)

Gender and Power on the Streets: Street Prostitution in the Era of Crack Cocaine Miller

(1995)

1. How did Miller (1995) conduct her study? What was her method?

2. How do gender power dynamics play out in women trading sex for crack (pg. 437)?

3. What role did pimps play in the lives of the prostitutes trading sex for crack in Millers article?

What about drug dealers? What about other drug users, particularly men?

4. What does Miller conclude about the suggestion that the streets are becoming more gender

equal?

Making sense of female offenders and their crimes using an integrated theory

Jan 28, 2026 11:59 PM

“Gender and Crime”

Using Steffensmeier and Allan’s gendered theory of female offending, describe how we can make sense of one (1) of the following female offenses we discuss this week: drug offenses, property crime, prostitution/sex work, women in gangs, or murder.

You should begin by describing what the findings are related to women and the offense you chose.

Respond to at least 1 student by Friday, January 30th at 11:59 p.m.

Making sense of female offenders and their crimes using an integrated theory

Due January 28 at 11:59 PM

(2-3 paragraphs)

Please consume the History of the Internet articles and slide show and then answer the prompts below. Each response should be between 1-2 thought out paragraphs minimum for each question. You need to demonstrate that you have an understanding of each question in your responses.

1. Explain what ARPA/ARPNET was and how it impacted the early formation of the internet.

2. Explain why the Internet Activities Board (IAB) was created in 1983 and how they guided the evolution of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite.

3. Tell me about Tim Berners-Lee and explain his contributions to technology and the world wide web. Why was allowing the world wide web to be open source significant?

4. Explain the purpose of web browsers and explain how they were developed and introduced to society over time and how that effected internet usage and adoption.

Please save and upload your responses to these questions based on our content from this module. Each question should offer depth and analysis regarding the topic/question and will be worth 25 points each for a total of 100 points. Cite your sources for each response at the end of your document.