WGS250H5 Lecture : Lecture notes

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3 Feb 2012

School

UTM

Department

Women and Gender Studies

Course

WGS250H5

Professor

Bickford

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The coy" female: normalization produces a vigilant community of disciplined, euphorically docile, gender dimorphic normal" selves - we say what is normal" through repetition and anything that deviates from that would be considered. Ie. women in magazines are seen as ideal" women. How do we try to make ourselves look like magazine models?- going to the gym, surgeries, dressing certain ways. Women seem to be happy to mold themselves in a way that brings them closer ideal" woman. Gender dimorphic- notion of a binary where women and men are the opposite of each other and we see no commonality. Fathers involved in daughter"s relationships but in a very controlling way. Sovereign power: direct political rule by monarch over subjects. Patriarchal authority of men over wives or children. Normalization: insidious because it comes to be internalized by persons it molds. Found in the work of michel foucault, in the context of his account of disciplinary power.

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27. Attempts to reclaim the term âslutâ have been criticized on several fronts. The first is that it continues to define women in terms of their sexual behavior. The second is that it creates new pressures for girls and women to conform to changing sexual norms. This second aspect has been referred to as the:

		lesbian imperative
		pleasure imperative
		slut imperative
		liberation imperative

30.

According to Jessica Fields in âKnowing Girls: Gender and Learning in School-Based Sexuality Education,â in what ways was the meaning of âknowingâ differently gendered for girls and boys in the sexual education classroom?

		Girls experienced embarrassment and vulnerability when female bodies were presented and discussed in class because knowledge of female bodies was equated with knowing the specific female bodies in the classroom
		Girlsâ answering a question incorrectly during class was perceived as an indication that they were sexually inexperienced
		Girlsâ answering a question correctly during class was perceived as an indication that they were sexually promiscuous
		Both a and c

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23. Gender-based violence in the workplace can lead to which ofthe following harmful impacts on sex workersâ lives?

		PTSD and Depression
		STIs
		Drug abuse
		Sexual violence
		All of the above

26.

How is the concept of the "naturalization" of gender differences used and to what ends (in academic work on gender)?

		An increasingly popular scientific approach that demonstrates that these gender differences are based in biology rather than social processes.
		A critique of the ways in which ânaturalisticâ (physiological) explanations of gender difference are supported by culture, mass media, religion, knowledge systems (e.g., science and medicine).
		An important part of the self-help movement that shows that gender differences are normal, natural, and to be expected, that conflict arises out of the mistaken assumption that such differences can and should be changed, a set of exercises meant to help individuals come to terms with their inner essence.

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Asexual reproduction: the first step to extinction
When species become asexual they could be taking the first stepto
extinction, say researchers who have been studying the geneticstructure
of Penicillium marneffei, an asexual fungus only found in parts ofsouthÂ
east Asia. Their research found that although P. marneffei sporeswere
able to spread over large distances on currents of air, they werenot able
to âinvadeâ the new environments in which they landed.
âWe believe the failure of P. marneffei to adapt to newenvironments is
because the fungus has largely dispensed with sexualreproduction.
Without sex, you will not have the mixing of genes it causes,something
all organisms need in order to be able to adapt to newenvironmentsâ, said
a member of the research team. Evolutionary theory predicts thatwhile
asexual organisms can initially prosper and out-compete theirsexual
cousins, they pay a price for being unable to adapt throughthe
recombination of genes caused by sexual reproduction.
DNA typing was used to show that different clones of the fungusare
found in different environments, and the researchers believe thatthe
adaptation of the fungus to these environments is limiting theirability to
adapt to other areas. They believe this is why P. marneffei isonly
endemic to a relatively small area of south-east Asia. Even thoughthe
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fungus makes spores which can spread over very large distances,the
researchers found that all the samples from any given locationwere
genetically very similar. This led them to the conclusion that thefungus
becomes highly adapted to its local environment, making ithighly
successful there, but stopping it spreading to other areas.
âBy being asexual, P. marneffei is not only limiting its ability toadapt, it
may be at risk of becoming extinct. If it is unable to adapt tonew
environments, it will be unable to adapt to changes in itscurrent
environment. While becoming asexual may provide short term
advantages to a species, in the long term, they are likely to endup in
evolutionâs ultimate dustbin â extinctionâ, concluded a member ofthe
research team

You should introduce your article by very briefly explaining thepurpose of
biological reproduction and touching upon the strategies used toachieve it, then
write your account using the following list as a guide to thepoints you should
discuss in your answer:
? How does asexual reproduction differ from sexual reproduction interms of
the biological processes involved and the genetic diversity andvariation of
the DNA produced?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of asexual andsexual
reproduction?
In terms of survival and adaptation, which reproduction strategy ismore
likely to allow a species to evolve rapidly (or to become extinct)?In your
answer briefly describe the two main mechanisms used to creategenetic
variation. Also, explain the factors and pressures that are likelyto drive the
process of adaptation.

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