CMN 3104 Lecture 3: CMN 3104 january 24

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3104
• Professor: Dina Salha

Document Summary

Codes of how we perform socially constructed gender. Gender display: the process whereby we perform the roles expected of us by social conventions (gender is a construct) Feminine touch: showing an object that is held by a woman"s hand and cradles the object usually or how she touches her face or body. Men hold things tighter than women - strength, in control. Women pose looking innocent but sexy - vulnerability (sexually inviting) Ritualization of subordination - being submissive, leas wide open, woman being stepped on by men to showcase shoes, woman being blindfolded and men holding the blindfold, women being silenced (hand over mouth, mouth is sewn up) Licensed withdrawal - looking into the horizon, she"s here but not here, not aware of what"s around her. Adults looking like kids - youth, making infants out of adults. Pragmatism of language: not what language says but what it does.