SOSC 1350 Lecture 4: gender and law - Lecture 4

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Lecture 4 the (cid:862)mythical nor(cid:373)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d hetero(cid:374)or(cid:373)ati(cid:448)it(cid:455) i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) la(cid:449) Men + white + heterosexual people (cid:449)ho fit i(cid:374) these (cid:272)ategories get u(cid:374)ear(cid:374)ed ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tages = (cid:858)(cid:373)(cid:455)thi(cid:272)al(cid:859) Most people do not fit in these categories norms do not portray all canadian in the country. Social construction of norms = social construction of deviances. Heteronormativity: system of social relation in which heterosexuality is institutionally/ideologically/discursively privileged at the expense of queen sexuality. Institutions : structure and mechanisms of human order that govern the behavior of people. Ideology: set of ideas that makes sense of the social/political world. Discourse: an organized way of making sense of the world shapes how people understand the world around them. Original term adrienne rich (1980) compulsory heterosexuality importance for women. Only way women can have legal sex + have kids and get support they need for them + their kids. Encapsulates all the social, political, legal, cultural, imperatives that close off all sexual options for women except marriage.