Max,+Jae

Jae Rhee Final Product

Q from Mrs. Gorski: Consider your choice of store, as it may influence your results. For example, who are the primary shoppers at grocery stores? If they are women, does that influence your result? Also, you'll need to select stores (obviously) which do not have automatic doors. Many grocery stores have automatic doors. ​ Thank you for that point Comment from sarah: you might want to consider age becasue generally people will hold doors open for the elderly or disabled that is a good point and it is certainly something to consider when reviewing our results. Comment from Kegan: Maybe make your hypothesis more specific, 3 out of 4 people will hold it open for females, and only 2 for males.... something like that. Comment from Blake: When you say "other locations" try to give a type of place, like, hotel, or a mall, or some specific type of location. Comment from Gowtami: Make sure you conduct your experiment and make observations at the same time in both locations because this could have an effect on your results. that is a very good point we are trying to coordinate our observation times with each other ​Comment from Katy: Just a suggestion, you should try and make it to the grocery store at a time when a lot of people will be shopping. And make sure you go to a popular grocery store so there will be a lot of opportunities for doors to be held open. What grocery stores don't have automatic doors though? Are there any in town? that is true it was suggested that we could go to a restaurant instead of going to a grocery store Comment from Wivine: Are you considering every case of men opening the door for women? For example, what about kids? or a child holding the door for an adult in the opposite gender, just to be polite or because his/her parent were watching? age is something we are trying to find a way to consider in our results Comment from Colby: 30 min seems like a long time to record people walking in and out of a store and a lot of people. what if you happen to miss someone or miss count? something to think about Comment from D.J.: Provide more demographics in your hypothesis; age, location ("good" side of town or "bad"?), race could even be included as it will provide with more information for your final presentation. that is something we will consider when we are making our observations but our main focus is on the gender aspect

Gender Differences in Cultural Folkways Does sex differentiate the treatment people receive in front of doors? Do people hold doors for women more or men?
 * Select a Topic & Define the Problem - (Jae and Max)**

In our experiment we will be exploring the topic of gender differences in regard to cultural folkways. While researching this topic I found several articles which assist in illuminating the archetype of gender as a whole as well as the complexities which surround the fundamental ideals of cultural folkways or polite behaviors. In addition to these nuances I have also found articles that analyze the gross differences which continue to persist between the rules of politeness between different cultures as well as the principal differences which exist between folkways in gender roles. An article entitled, //Gender As a Social Institution,// which was written by Patricia Yancey Martin, states that, “it persists, it is not ephemeral” the “it” referring to institutions. The article also states that institutions can be “an enduring set of ideas about how to accomplish goals generally recognized as important in a society.” However, later in her article she discusses the “interconnectivity of institutions” with one another and how once an institution is established it is difficult to disestablish because of these interconnections. The article uses the examples of gender and family, gender and sexuality, gender and the economy/work, and gender and religion as social institutions. With the newly found idea that gender is actually a social institution it becomes prevalent to our experiment when we examine gender in politeness because it shows how powerful our set gender roles are in our society. The importance of these gender roles and the interconnectivity of gender and politeness is what our experiment will examine. Another article which is entitled //Women and Politeness// discusses the relationship in the differences of polite speech as a status symbol. This article discusses the relationship that exists in the Javanese culture between politeness and social status. According to this article, in the Javanese culture it is expected of women to speak politely. However, they are supposed to speak even more so at home with their husbands where they are likely to receive less polite treatment. Because of this folkway these women in the Javanese culture are actually expected to be even more polite in return even though they may receive worse treatment. This shows that in some cultures it is actually women that have to be extremely polite and not men, as it is in some cultures. The research in this article could prove contradictory to our hypothesis and we will have to consider this in possibly reforming our hypothesis and consider this article and compare any results that we obtain with its findings. Another article which is entitled, //Complimenting and involvement in peer reviews: Gender variation,// reveals an in-depth examination of peer reviews done by college students. This article analyzes the differences between genders in the use of compliment intensifiers. This article uncovered that women are far more likely to utilize compliments than are men, also it was shown that women were likely to frame their reviews with opening and closing comments for their peers. This study illustrated that gender can be involved in being polite and polite behaviors as a whole. This article also may clash with our hypothesis because it shows that women are more likely to be polite when editing papers. This tendency may or may not translate to our experiment with folkways, but we will consider it when comparing and analyzing our results. This research is truly fascinating because of the vast array of topics that it has touched upon, from speech to editing of papers. Yet through these differences it shows that there are differences in the way that people of different genders act. Whether these differences exist from culture to culture is one aspect of our experiment that this research has touched upon. The example of the Javanese women and the example of the peer editing both showed that in different cultures women tended to be more polite than their male counterparts in certain tasks. Our experiment will challenge these examinations of folkways by examining gender differences between cultures. Works Cited Johnson, Donna M, and Duane H Roen. “Complimenting and involvement in peer reviews: Gender variation.” //Language in Society// 21.1 (1992): 27-57. //JSTOR//. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. Martin, Particia Yancey. “Gender as Social Institution.” //Social Forces// 82.4 (2004): 1249-1273. //JSTOR//. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. Smith-Hefner, Nancy J. “Women and Politeness.” //Language in Society// 17.4 (1988): 535-554. //JSTOR//. Web. 23 Mar. 2010.
 * Review the Literature - (Max)**

It would be expected that regarding the folkway of holding the door open for others, people of both genders are more likely to hold the door open for females than males.
 * Formulate a Hypothesis - (Jae and Max)**

(We can reformat all of this with more specific information as soon as we get all of the details decided) Procedure - 1. Go to a a bookstore 2. Find the main entrance without a revolving door or an automatic door 3. Observe for 20 minutes and keep track of all the people who enter and what their genders are, as well as who gets the door held open for them and what their gender is 4. Record the results 5. Repeat the experiment in 2 other locations, specifically a clothing store and a restaurant
 * Choose a Research Method - (Jae and Max)**

__Max's Data:__
 * Collect the Data -

Barnes & Noble **


 * Men entering Banres & Noble || Women entering Barnes & Noble || Total ||
 * 14 || 27 || 41 ||
 * || Men holding the door open at Barnes& Noble || Women holding the door open at Barnes & Noble ||
 * For Men || 1 || 3 ||
 * For Women || 3 || 6 ||
 * Notes: there seem to be more women coming in than men. Women seem to be holding the door open more than men are. I saw my neighbor Mrs. April but she did not see me. Slightly chilly and it appears it may storm soon.
 * Notes: there seem to be more women coming in than men. Women seem to be holding the door open more than men are. I saw my neighbor Mrs. April but she did not see me. Slightly chilly and it appears it may storm soon.

McDonald's || at McDonald's || Women holding the door open at McDonald's || at Bergners || Women holding the door open at Bergners ||
 * Men entering McDonalds || Women entering McDonalds || Total ||
 * 23 || 15 || 38 ||
 * || Men holding the door open
 * || Men holding the door open
 * For Men || 2 || 3 ||
 * For Women || 5 || 5 ||
 * Bergner's ||
 * Men entering Bergners || Women entering Bergners || Total ||
 * 5 || 12 || 17 ||
 * || Men holding the door open
 * || Men holding the door open
 * For Men || 1 || 0 ||
 * For Women || 3 || 4 ||
 * **Analyze the Results -**


 * Share the Results -**
 * Final Product (For School Presentations):


 * Demonstrating Research(Pictures and/or Videos of Setting Where Research Took Place):


 * Individual Reflections -**

Unobtrusive Measure ||


 * Restaurant (Byeok Jae Kalbi) # of people || Men || Women || Door held for Men || Door held for Women ||
 * 27 || 16 || 11 || 9 || 2 ||
 * Mall (Shinsegae) # of people || Men || Women || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Door held for Men || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Door held for Women ||
 * <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">42 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">16 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">26 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">3 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">24 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Bookstore (Kyobo) # of people || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Men || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Women || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Door held for Men || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Door held for Women ||
 * <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">58 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">26 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">32 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">18 || <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">24 ||

Unobtrusive Measure - Not all of the people were counted for the Mall portion.