WSTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Androcentrism

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16 Jan 2012

School

UTSC

Department

Women's and Gender Studies

Course

WSTA01H3

Professor

Victoria Tahmasebi

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Explains the difference in men s and women s experiences. Example, johan gray, the author of a popular book men are from mars, women are from venus . The differences between the males and females of our species will ultimately be found in the cell arrangements and anatomy of the human brain . Social is natural the social arrangement between men and women: (a) natural (b) (c) fix and changeable. Biological explanation makes people feel good; that no one is to blame; responsible for establishing gender relationship; no amount of social reforms can change men and female relationship and task. Why we need to pay attention to biological theories. Play central role in our understanding of both gender difference and gender inequality. Seem to agree with our own observations. There is a certain conceptual tidiness to biological explanations. They make many of us feel good. Social equality between sexes a violation of the laws of nature .

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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
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WSTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Androcentrism

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