SOAN 3100 Lecture Notes - Transnationalism, Biopower, Gender Studies

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Today: pick apart the course tittle and description to give an idea of what gender perspectives is all about. Involves looking at the different relations of power that structure everyday life. Acknowledges gender as a basis of social difference that conditions the way we experience the world. Goes beyond gender to map the entire system of power relations that structure the social fields in which we act. Does not assume that gender is the most important part of equality etc. All types of things are social differences that make a difference in power/relations. The social and cultural constructions of masculinities and femininities. These constructions include the set of characteristics, roles and behavior patterns that distinguish women from men which are constructed not biologically but socially and culturally. A relation of social inequality based on social constructions of masculinity and femininity. Gender is not only an access of social difference.

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