WGS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Masculinity, Essentialism
11 Feb 2016
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Essentialism idea that a woman or man can be defined by a single characteristic or grouping of characteristics. Sex the biological characteristics that differentiate women from men relative to genitilia (assumed that sex is fixed) Gender cultural attributes that reflect social categories of masculine. We must perform these gender roles as assigned and it is important in maintaining the status quo. Gender rules are set in place at a young age and children are told to and feminine follow them. Humans were not made to fit into rigid boxes of male and female. Not everyone fits in (i. e. homosexual, intersexed, transgender, etc. ) Sex is not permanent, it is fluid like gender. Sexual stereotypes and dominant notions of masculinity/femininity persist. Men also need feminism in order to break out of their rigid masculine qualities (i. e. men not wanting to be aggressive) Words and ideas are socially and historically constructed. Discourse ways knowledge gets produced along with the.
