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19 Cards in this Set
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big idea |
there are biological differences between bodies. but the way we categorize and understand those differences are social, biological differences don't map neatly into binaries |
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poststructuralist feminism |
sees everything about bodies as political |
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new materialist feminisms |
refocus attention on biology and the body, while still recognizing the influence of the social and political |
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gender is socially constructed genitals |
genitals are used to assign babies to a sex category |
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gender is socially constructed gender is a social institution |
used to classify humans and assign them roles and responsibilities |
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gender is socially constructed membership |
members of the same gender understood to have things in common |
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gender is socially constructed between genders |
there are differences between genders |
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gender is socially constructed process |
gender creates differences between people and people learn to behave in accordance with the norms of their assigned gender |
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gender is socially constructed stratification: ranking |
gender assigns status; men are ranked higher than women
things done by men are more valued than things done by women ex. if men breastfed |
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gender is socially constructed structure |
1. division of labour (males as breadwinners,etc. nuclear family) 2. legitimates authority 3. organizes sexuality 4. organizes emotional life |
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ways to assign sex |
1.genitals 2. reproductive organs 3. chromosomes 4. physical features ( shoulder shape, hips, adam's apple) |
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biology as ideology |
biology separates people into 2 sexes because our society is built in 2 classes (men and women) |
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biology as ideology sports |
male athletes are valued for their athletic ability, female athletes for their femininity sex testing of athletes happens b/c men are supposed to be better athletes than women, causes controversy |
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biology as ideology technology |
women used computers when it was considered "secretarial work" once programming was considered intellectually demanding, more men did the work driving cars are sen as masculine, stereotype that men are more talented at using machines |
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biology as ideology bodies |
men are considered stronger, but here are more individual than gender differences in strength, DNA plays large role |
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biology as ideology bodies: bathrooms |
there are equal amounts for both men and women but there are longer lines for women's bathrooms need for gender neutral bathrooms, not discussed by lorber |
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Martin: The Egg and the Sperm |
bio textbooks see processes of human reproduction through the lens of gendered assumptions about men and women |
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Martin: The Egg and the Sperm Egg |
seen as passive- 'damsel in distress' |
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Martin: The Egg and the Sperm Sperm |
seen as active- the 'heroic knight' |