WOMENST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bell Hooks
25 Jul 2016
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Women: people in bodies that are sexed as female. Gender: the cultural meaning of living in a sexed body, usually defined as male or female. * not all women have the same experiences* Call attention to the intersection of sex, race, and class in determining experiences of woman ; problematizes notion of common oppression of women. *not all women are positioned equally in (global) hierarchies. Women are part of the paradigm of domination in multiple ways. Shared goals, not everyone has the same idea. Gender- this meaning of living in a sexed body. One major factor in how most societies distribute power. Gender domination is not the root of all exploitation and crisis. It is, however, the form of domination we are most likely to encounter in our daily lives . The quote is about how her father dominated the house and it made her feel powerless and completely powerless when she left her home setting.
