Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cynthia Enloe, Jon Runyan, Masculinity
5 Nov 2016
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Sex = bio > male / female, etc. It"s about gender = socio-structural: analytic category: Masculine/feminine: organized relationship between sexes (power, + other identities. You are expected to do something according to your gender, etc. Empowerment: control over own lives: no: men, husbands, parent"s states, Normalizes & enforces = makes gender oppressions invisible. Male / masculine: considered superior & better, legitimates rule / power, rewards those who display these characteristics. Ir privilege: don"t bother to consider or deride / denigrate. Women / feminine = invisible or irrelevant (identity +: state: secretaries, cleaners, Administrators: home: sex, children, household, employment: domestic, textile worker, secretarial staff, teachers, etc, informal economy: sex work, agricultural sellers, house cleaning, expected to do for husband, family, state, society. Where should knowledge be drawn from: realist = state , marxists = workers, feminists = iterative margin. Method: who is the most marginalized in ir. What are some feminist approaches: liberal feminists:
