WOMENST 3BB3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Feminism, Time, Racism
20 Nov 2018
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Sex - assigned at birth, based on physical/biological characteristics. Gender - based on socially defined expression of masculinity and/or femininity through appearance, acts, etc. Sexuality - romantic and sexual identities, acts, and desires. Gender is socially constructed - changes temporally and geographically. Not tied directly or exclusively to biology or the body. Social construction theory questions assumptions and common sense . Just because it is socially constructed doesn"t mean that it isn"t real for the persons living it - or trivial, unimportant, or ephemeral. Culture is a set of processes and practices through which individuals and groups make sense of things, through which meanings are exchanged between members of society or group. Traditionally linked with the upper or ruling classes. Often expensive or requires high levels of education to access/understand/appreciate. Comic books, romance novels, tv shows, popular film. Forms of culture that much of a population is interested in. Created for profit but also for the population.
