WGST 1808 Final: WGST Final Review

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

Document Summary

Jan 18, 25: gender and (media) representation (short answer) Feb 1, 8, 22: gender & health (essay) Feb 29, march 7, 14: gender & the economy (essay) March 21, 28: feminist movements & activism (short answer) Heterosexist bias in the media to promote/assume heterosexuality. Notion of a consumer being passive in interpreting images/visuals. Men look at women, women watch themselves being looked at. Western notion of perfection is cultural and hypersexualized. Perfection: white, tall, thin, long legs, small hips, big ass. Notion of negotiating and how we are victimized. People who are differently able are invisible, tokenism. Social determinants of health + biomedical model (mechanical) Family planning- access to education and healthcare, sterilization as a last resort. Ivf, egg/sperm donors, surrogates (canadians choose indians), age limits for women but not for men. Globalization is a process by which we experience every day life, marked by the global diffusion of economies, commodities and ideas.