User:Arifjelstad/sandbox

"Article Evaluation"

"Domestic Violence in the United States"

Everything in the article is relevant to the topic and adds to the article. Some of the information seems out of date. I definitely think some updated statistics would strengthen this article. I think including the effects alcohol and drugs have on the number and severity of domestic abuse cases would be an helpful addition. The article does a good job of staying neutral and informative. The article definitely focused in more on some aspects than others, but I think all of it fit well with the article and it did not seem too heavy in one section. The links work and support the information in the article. The references that I checked out seemed reliable and were very neutral. It is connected to a couple WikiProjects and is rated as C-Class, mid-importance to the projects. Most of the edits were related to the links within the article. We have not spoken a ton about domestic abuse in class, so I cannot really comment on how it compares to how we talk in class.

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"Gender expression"

The article is all around lacking in content. Beyond the definition and a few other bits of information, the article does not give the reader a good idea of what gender expression is. I want to add on to the discussion about gender nonconforming because I found a great article on it. In addition, I think it would be helpful to add some historical background about what it was like in the past for individuals who were gender nonconforming. I think tying in the term gender binary would be helpful too to explain how gender roles were reinforced culturally. The article mentions the "Bem Sex Role Inventory" in its own section, but it only gives a brief definition. It seems like it could be a very interesting section, but as it is now it might as well be left out. The article is neutral, but it is lacking in sources and citations. From what I see on the talk page, people have struggled to find good supporting articles and ones explicitly about gender expression. The last comment, a very long one, asked why this page was necessary given that there are already ones on "Gender" and "Gender variance." However, from what I have read in my short time researching this page is just as necessary as the others. Clearly even the people trying to edit the article are not sure on the distinction, so it seems like it is up to us to figure that out! They were also having a discussion about the difference between gender identity and gender expression, which also seems like an important distinction to make.

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