Women's Studies 1021F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Glass Ceiling, Gross National Income, Developing Country
12 Jan 2016
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Gender: socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. The words masculine and feminine not male and female. Intersectionality: we are gendered beings, not just men and women; class, race and sexual preference define us. The interconnected nature of social categories such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination and disadvantage. = i am white, female, italian, athletic, educated. Heteronormative patriarchy: not just male-dominated or masculine rule but also the enforcement of heterosexual norms to achieve that end. Not all men are powerful/patriarchal, however in a sense to dominate over a group of people. Essentialism: the assumption that, for example, all women or all men or all individuals within a certain race or class share the same experience and interests. It is religious, theoretical, and philosophical concepts with universal applications or applicability.
