SOCI 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Caster Semenya, Blurry, Femininity

• School: UBC
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 102
• Professor: Katherine Corrigall- Brown

Document Summary

Gender socially constructed idea associated with masculinity and femininity. Caster semenya: silver in 800m in 2012 olympics, ba(cid:374)(cid:374)ed as her (cid:271)od(cid:455) produ(cid:272)ed (cid:862)too (cid:373)u(cid:272)h(cid:863) testostero(cid:374)e, co(cid:373)peted as a (cid:858)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859) Biologi(cid:272)al differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es do(cid:374)(cid:859)t e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es: meaning of gender is historically and culturally variable. Victorian era: no scandalous skin showing, needlepoint, watercolor painting, attract men, passi(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d refi(cid:374)ed. Femininity over time: rosie the riveter (1940, twiggy (1960, cindi crawford (1980, kate moss (1990, kate upton (2013) Ho(cid:449) ra(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d ge(cid:374)der oppressio(cid:374) i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)t i(cid:374) bla(cid:272)k (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s li(cid:448)es. Law distinguished between two kinds of discrimination: based on gender, based on race. Black women discriminated against both gender and race. Black women last group to be hired. Judge: (cid:862)no ge(cid:374)der dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)hite (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ere(cid:374)(cid:859)t fired. No ra(cid:272)e dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:271)la(cid:272)k (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ere(cid:374)(cid:859)t fired(cid:863) Black women experiences of discrimination were rendered invisible by intersectionality of discrimination. Hiv positive gay men vs. hiv positive straight women. Young disabled people vs. old disabled people.