SOCI 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Judith Butler, Sociobiology, Slut-Shaming
13 Sep 2018
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Traditional distinction between sex and gender (e. g. textbook definitions) + critical. Essentialism vs. social contructionism essentialism, or biological determinism views gender differences as a reflection of biological differences between essential categories of men and women constructionism. Differences between what it means to be male and female are socially constructed in practice and ideology. Post structuralist approaches reject the assumption that nature and culture exist in separate realms. Argue that delineating a distinct category for biology (nature) and another for cultural embodiment and representation leads one to undertheorize and examine ways that the categor(cid:455) of (cid:862)se(cid:454)(cid:863) is also (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)ted i(cid:374) so(cid:272)io-material practices. Overlooks the complexities of and relations between body and history, body and culture mingled in practice. Heteronormativity: belief that sex is binary (either male or female) and that sex ought to be aligned with gender. Cultural conditions, attitudes, and mediations that promote or contribute to the normalization or trivialization of sexual exploitation, including assumptions about power and desire.
