GNDS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: White Privilege, Trans Woman, Masculinity

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Gender Studies
• Course: GNDS 120
• Professor: Melissa Houghtaling

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Quizzes 3 @ 6. 66 % = 20% Key terms, concepts, ideas from lectures and tutorials. Due dates: october 2-5, november 8-11, november 28- december 1. Texts impact on the content with course. Rubric will be given before assignment is due. Many people choose not to give a concrete definition because it reflects openness and inclusiveness. There are also so many different types of feminism it is hard to come up with a definition. One if not born but becomes a woman . Some feminists have hateful understandings of what a woman is, can"t accept the differences among us. Gender is made real by our practices. In the 1800"s called women"s rights or suffragists . Discourses: specify knowledge, link concepts, think, speak. Theories: developed discourses, how phenomena are connected. We need to consider how the category of woman are constructed and the effects of this. We must work to create a theory, because in it lies the hope of our liberation.