WOMENST 1A03 Lecture : Women's Studies-Jan.11 "Science, Technology and Gender"

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8 Mar 2012

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Definitions of sex/gender varies across cultures ideas about gender and sexuality are not natural. They are social constructions, produced in particular places and times, The legitimization of normal - western science, the main discourse through which modern notions of racial and sexual perceptions are created. The history of science helps to explore the roots of notions of gender and sexuality. Sandra harding: neither god nor tradition is privileged with the authority science is given. : science as an arbiter of what is healthy, right, the norm, what the body should or should not look like. Who is remembered and revered is based on how knowledge is constituted. Who is in the position to do the telling: the mindset in which the knowledge or truth is received affects the information. Elizabeth stone 19th century poultices with moldy bread = home remedy, not. Scientific : recognition of the androcentrism of the definitions of what counts as science.

Related Questions

based on chapter 3 of sexualities in context,

Plante distinguishes between the techniques by which transgendered individuals achieve a gender and the way in which gender expression comes more naturally for others.

	True
	False


Hint: Consider what Plante says about how gender is performed.

The natural sciences, as opposed to the social sciences, can achieve objectivity because they do not require interpretation of data and deal only with natural, given objects.

	True
	False



Hint: Think about the scientific process.

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23. Gender-based violence in the workplace can lead to which ofthe following harmful impacts on sex workersâ lives?

		PTSD and Depression
		STIs
		Drug abuse
		Sexual violence
		All of the above

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How is the concept of the "naturalization" of gender differences used and to what ends (in academic work on gender)?

		An increasingly popular scientific approach that demonstrates that these gender differences are based in biology rather than social processes.
		A critique of the ways in which ânaturalisticâ (physiological) explanations of gender difference are supported by culture, mass media, religion, knowledge systems (e.g., science and medicine).
		An important part of the self-help movement that shows that gender differences are normal, natural, and to be expected, that conflict arises out of the mistaken assumption that such differences can and should be changed, a set of exercises meant to help individuals come to terms with their inner essence.