SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Postmodern Feminism, Hegemonic Masculinity, Queer Theory

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Socy 122 - introduction to sociology - lecture 7: gender inequality and feminism. Men and women not opposite poles man is positive and neutral. One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. Given spectrum of chromosomally based elements of sex the boundaries separating masculine and feminine seem harder than ever to define (fausto-sterling, 2000b:20) The discursive formation stems from and reinforces stylized acts over time unchanging. Percentage of male and female characteristics varies widely. Sex is a vast, infinitely malleable continuum that defies the constraints of even five. Judith butler sex as a discursive formation . An apparent natural coherence between the biological bases of sex and what sex is . A socially constructed perception appears to be rooted in something natural and. Everyday life as critical to social understanding and social inequality. Feminine mystique blind veneration (reverence, regard) of femininity. Private versus public hidden in the household .