FILM 2401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trans Woman, Adrienne Rich, Paralympic Games
22 Feb 2016
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Trans = people not staying %100 true to their original gender/sex. Crip = people with physical disabilities (a derogatory term that has been re-appropriated by scholars to be a word of empowerment: both marginalized my mainstream society; both have bodies that are treated. Abnormally and attempt to get them to fit in, Compulsory = societal pressure to conform: mediums: ads, tv shows, etc, compulsory norms: body weight, body image (makeup/photo shop), ethnicity, gender, monogamy, etc. Transphobia = an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against people whose gendered identities, appearances, or behaviours deviate from society norms. Cissexism = the belief that transsexuals" identified genders are inferior to, or less authentic than, those of cissexuals. Oppositional sexism = the belief that female and male are rigid, mutually exclusive categories; punishes or dismisses those f us who fall outside of gender or sexual norms. Traditional sexism = the belief that maleness and masculinity .
