POL 2107 Study Guide - Alan Goodman, Cultural Genocide, Feminist Theory
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Seeks to put women in the analytic center that other course lack. Examine complex ways that power circulates in individuals and groups. Bell hooks: a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression. Dichotomy: oppositional division of people concepts and things into 2 mutually exclusive categories. Usually when talking about sex, a predominant thought pattern in western society, classify in either/or terms. Consequence = no middle ground of ambiguity is tolerated. Genitalia as the deciding factor are a social phenomenon. More biological variation between two women than there are between a man and women. Gender: the cultural definition of feminine or masculine. Gender is a social category imposed on a sexed body (joan scott). Colour cast system: lighter skinned black women with straight hair are valued more highly and hyper sexualized. Enlightened witness: critically vigilant about the w9oorld we live in proactive sense of agency and literacy.