WMS 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language, Bell Hooks, Gender Binary

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Positionality/subject position : elements of your identity, not without social weight; change the way you move through the world. )here we are, where we"ve come from, and how we got here (cid:840)part 1(cid:841: definitions of feminism a. (cid:873)belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. (cid:874) - american. Doesn"t account for different subject positions/various identities like race, sexuality, etc. Equality doesn"t take into account equity - people"s needs and experiences are different. Anything less that this vision of total freedom is not feminism, but merely female self-aggrandi ement(cid:874) - barbara smith. Doesn"t mention racism, oppression against lgbt+ people, ableism. Talks about reorgani ation of society - microaggressions, internali ation, etc. is necessary to get rid of in society i. ii. Biological determinism/essentialism - the idea that your biology/sex characteristics. Social constructionism - gender roles/ideas about gender are learned behaviors; are. Gender binary - the idea that there are only two genders and two sexes, but in reality.

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