WMST 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Harry Enfield, Parthenogenesis, Femininity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WMST 2000
• Professor: Martina Meyer

Document Summary

Wmst 2000- image culture and myths of femininity. Youtube- #covertheathletes campaign splices together reacion shots from male athletes with voice overs from quesions that are asked to female athletes tell us about your oufit who would you want to date etc. One is not born but becomes a woman . Must dismantle the prejudices and preconceived ideas. Immanence and transcendence: immanence= historically assigned to women transcendence= ability to move beyond these norms. Existenialism: philosophical thinking begins with the human subject- the acing, feeling, living human individual. Women is not born passive but rather is condiioned to be so. Women is not exclusively a worker nor a womb.