CLUSTER 20B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sexual Assault, Male Gaze
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The white man"s house and the cultural woman. Gendered-- threatening man and woman who never engages him. In canada, you can"t wear a niqab and get service. Bans often rest on the idea that uncovered faces are needed for social interaction. If the legal terrain is characterized by illogic, then these scenes are better understood as forms of desire understood as forms of desire. The idea that there is some fantasy about seeing unveiling muslim women. Privileging the mans right to the fair trial. What gender means -- separate between men and women. There is a single meaning or definition for gender. Male gaze is not just white or christian. Someone in your space erases you -- no coherences. If a white man kills muslims they are mentally ill. Same idea with the border-- not about racism, its about security.
