SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersectionality, Androcentrism, Dualism
17 Oct 2016
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Problematizing naturalism and biological determinism: are men and woman really so different, critical assessment of focus on biological differences (the science of differences") Need to problematize and politicize this focus, using awareness of research & production of knowledge as value laden and possibly biased. Think of men and woman as being homogenous. Not all men are not the same and same thing goes for women. Think of the many sexes as different variations of a theme. Male body is the norm" when conducting stats for health. Brain clasisity" -the brain that we are born with isn"t the brain we end up with. Biological differences in the roll men and woman play when it comes to reproduction. To provide and rationalize social inequality: envision sexes as variations on a theme" rather than opposites. Move from a binary system to a multi-sex system of categorizing include intersex.
