EN 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Androgyny, Intersectionality, Puritans
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At least one essay must be on the theory readings. Different societies during different time periods - the conceptualized ideas of gender changed (gender is what society said it is) Concepts of gender changed but in an unacknowledged way. Language (personal names that are different for boys and girls) - examples: he/she, his/her which is used for humans (not often animals or other living things); ex: using. Part of being a human being is being gendered. Aspects of genders compliment each other with opposite traits; men are strong and women are weak, women are emotional and men are rational, women are merciful and men are just. Men/women who do not follow their prescribed binary traits are viewed as unnatural. Gender as complementary so that they fit together and reinforce one another; androgyny (andro=male, gyny=female) > like coleridge"s reading. Coleridge"s specimens of the table talk of samuel taylor coleridge .
