KIN 278 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Performativity, Bicycling And Feminism, Female Athlete Triad
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3 theories of gender: the essentialist view, the spectrum view, the performativist view. As we go from the 1st to 3rd theory, gender is revealed to be more complex, complicated and contradictory. Thus, theory #3 is better able to explain the complexities of gendered experiences in the contemporary u. s. than theory #1. The essentialist view of gender: public sphere: male-masculinity domestic sphere (at home): female-femininity. This is the (cid:271)asi(cid:272) (cid:448)ie(cid:449)poi(cid:374)t of (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)histori(cid:272)all(cid:455)(cid:895), (cid:858)traditio(cid:374),(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) orthodo(cid:454) strains of religion. This mode of thought has been long used to (re)produce (cid:858)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:859) ge(cid:374)der arrangements in society: the idea of separate gendered social spheres for men and women. Idea that (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) ha(cid:448)e (cid:858)(cid:374)atural(cid:859) ge(cid:374)der roles: social inequalities for men and women in sport and society, proliferation of gender stereotypes as (cid:858)truths(cid:859) a(cid:271)out (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) As one believes that gender is biologically determined by nature, one is unable to see how gender is constructed and learned from culture through socialization.