WGST 1808 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rape Culture, Neoliberalism, Sex Tourism

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

Document Summary

Show what you know: gender and media gender and health gender and the economy feminist movements and activism. Cultural representation and the creation of desire (jut sully movie): media, racism in the media, hyper sexualization, heterosexism (bias in media) Beauty projects: male/heterosexual gaze, ableism, media literacy, body-as-commodity, appearance has value. Women s health: social determinate of health, biomedical model, discrimination/oppression/equal access, body-as-commodity (anorexia, plastic surgery), the big killers - cancer/cardio and research in these areas based on gender. Reproductive health and rights: contraception, sterilization (almost always women), new technologies, sexual orientation, access to information, hiv/aids biggest killer globally for certain age of women, donors and ethics. Gendered violence: power and inequality are roots of violence, people rationalize the dehumanization of others, types of violence, rape culture, women/native/disabled/colour/aged 15-24, myths, consent, at-risk groups. Violence is not based on the act, but based on consent.