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29 Cards in this Set
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halberstam |
queer theorist who explores how masculinity is enacted by people with female bodeis |
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major criticism of the concept of hegemonic masculinity: essentialism |
attributes are given to a gender; certain things are male or female |
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argument to essentialism |
masculinity is reproduced in social actions, and thus depends on the gender relations in a specific social setting it is a practice |
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masculinity and the female body in relation to power |
it is easier to see how masculinity is socially constructed when it is unnatural as power and privilege makes it hard to see how masculinities are enacted |
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female masculinity and transitions |
people facing transitions face either being more male or more female to be more accepted in certain areas as they can use both realms of gender the bathroom problem |
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James Bond and masculinity |
he has a prosthetic masculinity, he has many toys and gadgets that make him appear more masculine |
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M in comparison |
shows female masculinity: 1. with her suit 2. her dominance over bond 3. lack of emotion- a "manly" trait 4. lack of nurturing side- a "womanly" trait |
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nurturing vs. authoritative mothers? |
which is masculine which is feminine? |
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exertion of mother's dominance may continue hegemonic masculinity |
ex. mother in moonlight pushing her son to be a manly man |
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Drag Kings- Diane Torr |
says how men are more credible, being a woman she is subject to judgment unless she shows elegance and dominance |
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the way we move in society shows dominance, showing more masculinity women |
should move aside when men are in the way should take less space- cross legs and bow heads down |
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the way we move in society shows dominance, showing more masculinity men |
to show more dominance take up space, broaden shoulders |
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attention for men and women |
the way men walk ask for attention while the when women get dressed up gets attention |
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assessing women |
women should exude power however how should women with power look like? more masculine or feminine? |
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women gendered in society |
the way women are gendered in society to be meek and weak creates schemas- enacting self-fulfilling destinies |
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women gendered in society confidence |
women with confidence may have a different POV |
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Different social contexts can give only certain approaches to femininity and masculinity |
may be repercussions for non conformity to gendered expectations |
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Leslie Feinberg |
first theorist to use Marxist concept of transgender liberation |
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queer studies and sociology |
social science research about sexual systems risks uncovering what we already know |
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queer studies and sociology halberstam |
argues that combination of analyzing people and texts is the best option as topic in interdisciplinary |
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queer studies and sociology scavenger methodology |
looking for subjects who have been excluded from traditional studies |
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queer studies and sociology scavenger methodology and Halberstam |
attempt to uncover gender taxonomies that go unnoticed and develop new kinds of gender taxonomies |
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taxonomies |
classifications |
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Eve kosofsky sedgwick’s “nonce taxonomies” |
classifications that we use but ussualy go unnoticed play on term of sexual deviance. |
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Butch Realness |
a biological female who can pass as male. focus on realness and is placed on boundary between butch realness and transgender |
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Femme pretender |
having performative masculinity with exaggeration avoids a natural male look |
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Male mimicry |
attempt to reproduce male masculinity sometimes with ironic twist embody stereotypical masculine behaviours and attitudes can pass as male but not like butch realness |
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fag drag |
women fetishizing gay male culture by appropriating gay men's parodies of masculinity dons leather clothing and handle bar mustaches |
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denaturalized masculinity |
masculinity that is more theatrical than butch realness but explores masculinities alternative to male mimicry |
