ANTHRO 128B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Olympe De Gouges, Reproductive Rights, Menstruation

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 128B
• Professor: Angela C Jenks

Document Summary

Anthro 128b race, gender, science -- lecture 5 . ~(cid:863)(cid:374)atural(cid:863) la(cid:449) philosophers argue that rights derived from human nature. +study of female skull confirm similarity to children/lower races. ~used to justify inequalities/hide social conditions behind them. ~1791: (cid:862)de(cid:272)laratio(cid:374) of the rights of wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the fe(cid:373)ale citize(cid:374)(cid:863) ~demands for property, job, voting, education, and reproductive rights. Discussed how social/cultural concerns influence scientific questions, hypotheses, and conclusions. At the same time scientific debates can have major influence on social/political events. Define: the idea that behavior and other human characteristics are controlled by innate biology. Mid-19th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tur(cid:455): (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s right (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)gl(cid:455) threate(cid:374) europea(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial order. Idea that women are ruled by hormones (especially linked to menstruation) pervaded population culture. ~social reformers ignore facts of anatomy and physiology. ~(cid:863)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) are (cid:373)arked out (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:374)ature for (cid:448)er(cid:455) differe(cid:374)t offi(cid:272)es i(cid:374) life tha(cid:374) those of (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863) ~pm (cid:894)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s(cid:895) as espe(cid:272)iall(cid:455) a pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) for (cid:373)e(cid:374) ~scientific findings about effects of menstruation varies with social climate.