Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heinrich Kramer, Burkini, Stella Young

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Kim Verwaayen

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Q: (cid:498)foucault, femininity, & the modernization of patriarchal power(cid:499) Jeremy bentham: british philosopher, economist, social reformer. Disciplinary power: for focault, (cid:498)discipline(cid:499) is one means through which power is exercised and individuals(cid:495) behavior can be regulated, disciplinary power produces (cid:498)docile bodies(cid:499)- explore what that means. Why does this matter: wants us to consider at least the forms of constraint that function in. Thinking about this summer(cid:495)s country bans on the burkini in. Outline for discussion: questioning our terms: eating disorder, contexts for thompsons work. Q: what umbrella term/phase odes thompson use for anorexia nervosa, bulimia, obsessive dieting or binging. A: the word eating problem- gets away from who has the problem but rather the components of society causing it and thinking of strategies and solutions to fix the problem. A: uses the snowball technique individual & groups of women finally recognized. A: trauma heterosexism; sexism; poverty & classism; pressure to assimilate/acculturate: particularly experiences of physical, emotional & sexual abuse; racism;