ANTB20H3 Lecture 5: lec5.docx
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Sex and gender: sex is biological, gender is socially constructed. Gender traits and attributes become naturalized in ways that associate what is culture" (gender) with nature" (sex). Effects: infanticide, job disparities, subject to beauty: fatness, Women become natural" subjects for sexual exploitation, gendered stereotypes and labour. Sex" and sexuality" can also be seen as socially constructed and performative. discipline, due to certain essential qualities" they share, within a global division of labour. Ohter egs: beer commercials and the way women are represented in them. To be a woman is to be submissive, caring, nurturing, honest, docile. Achieving natural beauty: dove evolution of beauty and dove girl self-esteem video. Female professors dress up so that they can be taken more seriously. Foucault"s idea of disciplinary power is important (creates docile bodies). Picture of rosie the riveter: work in the war. Videos: rosie the riveter, trouble with women.
