WGST 1808 Study Guide - Final Guide: Intersectionality, Masculinity, Essentialism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

Feminisms - there(cid:495)s an (cid:494)s(cid:495) at the end of feminism because there is a lot of different types of feminisms. Intersectionality acknowledging that gender is not the only factor in your social experience. Intersectionality is the idea that other parts of your identity also interact. everybody. The medical model focuses on the physical and development factors of a human. The social model focuses on the social impact the disability has on the person. Hegemonic masculinity the ideal model of masculinity. Gender neutral pronouns transsexual people might not want to go by (cid:494)he(cid:495) or (cid:494)she(cid:495). Essentialism the binary view that gender has fixed biological traits that do not. Heteronormativity the idea that everything should be cis-gender and heterosexual. Androcentrism the concept of the social model of our society is constructed surrounded around them. (cid:498)daddy(cid:495)s girl(cid:499) is an example because it is good. (cid:498)momma(cid:495)s boy(cid:499) is seen as weak. Agency the idea that humans are individually responsible for their personal.