WMST 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Castration, Social Constructionism, Biological Determinism

• School: Trent University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WMST 1000Y
• Professor: Funke A

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Intersectionality: difference: binaries and hierarchies, categories of difference: gender, race, ability, difference today: colour me (2011, the (cid:862)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) of diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e, alternative possibilities. If you"(cid:396)e a (cid:395)uee(cid:396) lati(cid:374)a, the(cid:396)e (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e (cid:373)a(cid:374)y (cid:449)ays you a(cid:396)e dis(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)ated i(cid:374) you(cid:396) daily life: have to look at broader systems. The matrix of domination: coined by patricia hill collins. Inequality and oppression are the result of several forces= the matrix of domination: no singular cause of injustice. Inequality functions on 3 levels: personal/individual, groups. Institutions and society: oppression olympics, la(cid:396)gely a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d the idea of (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:396)i(cid:374)g ea(cid:272)h othe(cid:396)"s opp(cid:396)essio(cid:374) I(cid:374)(cid:448)alidati(cid:374)g othe(cid:396) people"s feeli(cid:374)gs of opp(cid:396)essio(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e ou(cid:396) oppression is worse. The binary- exploring dominant systems of thoughts: dominant vs the other, rules of binary involve, exclusivity, only two categories, categories are fixed and based on difference, categories do not share the same power, considered incompatible. Hierarchy: order of power, gender relations as power relations.