WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Vivek Shraya, Wanda Sykes, Hidden Curriculum

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1F90
• Professor: Jenny Janke

Document Summary

Next week next weeks lecture might be on the quiz. Schooled in straight: schools are an important forces in the lives of youth; serve to reinforce normalcy", issue of bullying is important to schools formal and informal curriculum and as the sites of bullying. Page | 2: schools are also sites that reinforce heterosexism sexuality as the legitimate form of sexuality, curriculum focuses heavily on hetero-relations; reproduction (avoidance) is central focus. Recognizing heterosexual privilege: heterosexual privilege: gives unearned and unchallenged advantages and rewards on heterosexuals solely as a result of their sexual orientation. (examples of the curriculum from schools, these benefits are not automatically granted to lgbqtti persons. Heterocentrism (ideology) the actual idea of being strictly for heterosexuality. Heterosexism (system) the systems that support or address the idea - education, political system, families, etc Going from tolerance towards acceptance in society or the world. You can legislate tolerance, you can"t legislate acceptance.