WSTA01H3 Lecture : Womans Lecture notes
12 Dec 2013
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>why society pays attention to gender, understanding society as a whole. It is a discipline of how gender is constructed. There is a two-way relationship between biological and anatomical differences (sex) and socially constructed differences between men and women (gender). It is difficult to separate sex and gender as both are determined by rules and norms. In this respect, we can say that gender is socially and culturally constructed (social constructionist* view). In other words, categorizing people as male and female creates gender differences. This process also gives us as individuals a sense that gender categories are real , natural and essential (essentializing process). You don t have no option, its either or which is established by the binary. 3 lenses of gender: androcentrism, gender polarization, essentialism. Androcentrism : binaries are not symmetrical in the sense that some gendered qualities are considered more valuable and desirable than others (to be strong, rational, etc.
