POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nuclear Family, International Trade, Post-Structuralism
17 Jan 2018
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Sex = biological characteristics (primarily genital and reproductive) Gender = social codes that express masculinity and femininity (gender norms and ideologies are not reducible to the dichotomy of a sexual binary, ie. male/female) "gender is always a doing, though not a doing by a subject who might be said to pre-exist the deed" "identity is per formatively constituted by the very "expressions" - butler - gender is patterned and constructed by the social world - we"re made to "perform" gender norms of behavior - gender is not natural or biological. Gendered professions associated with being "feminine" - eg. nursing. Gender roles constructed in the family - maternal gures, domestic work, child rearing and childcare. Gender not based on biology, but performed in various ways that do not conform to one"s biological characteristics. Relational = always de ned in relation to something else (no essence) Performance = taking on a role, acting in a particular way - role-playing de nes identity.
