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WGST 1808 Study Guide - Hegemonic Masculinity, Wgst

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16 May 2012
School
Carleton University
Department
Women's and Gender Studies
Course
WGST 1808
Professor
Christine Ekholst

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Note key words go over 4 sections of three weeks each. Sept 13 introduction to the concept of the course. Sept 20 - gender and biology focus in western culture on differences instead of similarities. Sex differences are hard to establish and understand. Men & women are more similar than different. Differences between individuals in a sex are greater. Differences do not determine how we organize a society. Sept 27 - gender as a social construct. Biological differences are sought out and desired to be innate and stable, but this is not the case. Institutions are gendered. i. e. universities, corporations, reinforce gender order with language, hierarchy, and advancement restrictions on mothers, or those who want a family. Girls can transgress gender lines more easily than boys. Hegemonic masculinity: and ideal of masculinity set so high few achieve it, but is the standard all are held to.

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