WOMENST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Patricia Hill Collins, Rulemaking, White Ribbon Campaign
15 Feb 2017
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Last class: discussing the meaning of having a body which is set with a certain sex (male or female) and how this is conditioned by the sex/gender system. This class: by insisting on the radical multiplicity of women: difference, intersections, power. Class agenda: activism project vs. research projects (& details, key concepts: de ning our terms. What do we mean by intersectionality: lecture. Draw the line: engaging ontarians in discussion about sexual violence. Mcmaster children and youth university outreach team (**sept. to may commitment**) Essentialism: the idea that biological sex de nes a person (gender roles, binaries, etc. ) > most (if not all) feminists are very critical of essentialism. Gendered binaries and the valuing of the masculine over the feminine (objective vs. subjective, detached vs. nurturing, etc. ) > indigenous women often accused of being a feminist because they were aware of their own intelligence. > these binaries are in transition and are movable.
