GS221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rape Culture
Document Summary
Culture can be a highly problematic term or concept. Similarly, gender can be complex and fluid as a term or concept. Essentialization attributing natural, essential characteristics to members of specific culturally defined (gender, age, ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, linguistic) groups. Women have often borne the burden of being the producers and transmitters of culture. Women as reproducers of the community culturally and biologically. Women in developing world always cast as traditional (doing what their mother did, etc. : seen as anti-modern because they are carrying on traditions, western world seen as modern because we have women"s rights. Biology not necessarily destiny: roles have been dramatically redefined over past years, women are not just mothers. Human agency the capacity of one female agency to control her own destiny. In other parts of the world, impacts of globalization have tremendous impact on demand for equality. Best solutions are local solutions solutions brought from outside are often met with failure.
