Textual situation Clause Samples

Textual situation. 4.2.2.1 Situation of text In further examination of topics and activities, a strong link is found between the topic of the unit, and the percentage of activities performed by each gender in Backpack2 and Backpack3, and none is found in Backpack1. In Backpack1, unit2 and 6, women are more active than men. These units are about occupations and the five senses. In Backpack2, unit7 and 9 are about celebrations and fashion, which are linked to women, while in unit2 from the same book, men are much more active than women, where they perform 74% of activities, and women perform only 26% of these activities. The topic of this unit is hobbies and organising time. In Backpack3, unit1, 3, and 4, women are more active than men. These units are about family relations, handcrafts, and shopping. In contrast, unit5, 7 and 9 that are about adventures, inventions and sports, present men as much more active than women. This analysis leads to the conclusion that there is a strong link between topics and the active gender in the units. The same is applicable to the correlation between topics and overrepresentation. There is no obvious correlation between the topics of the unit and the overrepresentation of women in Backpack1, because units that overrepresent women are unit1, 6, and 9 which are about daily routines, the five senses, and puppets. Unlike the previous book, a correlation between the topic and the overrepresentation of women in Backpack2 is evident, because unit1, 5 and 9 are about friendship and feelings, celebrations and organising events, and fashion. This correlation is confirmed in Backpack3. The topics of the units that overrepresent women are stereotypical. Unit1’s topic is about family relationships, unit3 is about handcrafts, unit6 is about communication means, and unit4 that is about shopping overrepresents women the most, with women being visible 68% of the time, and men being visible 32%. Enhancing this correlation, there are units that highly overrepresent men. While unit7 of Backpack1 that is about food does not follow this conclusion, unit2, 4 and 8 from Backpack2 that are about organising time, safety advice, and hobbies, reinforce this conclusion. This correlation is at its strongest in Backpack3, because the highest overrepresentation of men in this series is in unit9 that is about sports. Also, unit7 and 5, that are about inventions and travelling adventures, follow this pattern. A general conclusion is, stereotypes are concealed through overrepr...