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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

poststructuralist feminism

sees everything about bodies as political

new materialist feminisms

refocus attention on biology and the body, while still recognizing the influence of the social and political

gender is socially constructed




genitals

genitals are used to assign babies to a sex category

gender is socially constructed




gender is a social institution

used to classify humans and assign them roles and responsibilities

gender is socially constructed




membership

members of the same gender understood to have things in common

gender is socially constructed




between genders

there are differences between genders

gender is socially constructed




process

gender creates differences between people and people learn to behave in accordance with the norms of their assigned gender

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

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

ways to assign sex

1.genitals


2. reproductive organs


3. chromosomes


4. physical features ( shoulder shape, hips, adam's apple)

biology as ideology

biology separates people into 2 sexes because our society is built in 2 classes (men and women)



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

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



biology as ideology




bodies

men are considered stronger, but here are more individual than gender differences in strength, DNA plays large role

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

Martin: The Egg and the Sperm

bio textbooks see processes of human reproduction through the lens of gendered assumptions about men and women

Martin: The Egg and the Sperm




Egg

seen as passive- 'damsel in distress'

Martin: The Egg and the Sperm




Sperm

seen as active- the 'heroic knight'