WGST 1808 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stereotype, Intersectionality, Hegemonic Masculinity

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

Document Summary

Foundations and feminisms: de nitions, stereotypes, history (1st, 2nd, 3rd wave), this is what a feminist looks like . Intersectionality: framework for feminisms, development of concepts, who is in who is out , race/age/class/sexual orientation/disabilities/etc. Women"s status and women"s rights: education, poverty, wage gap, violence, health, political representation, residential schools. Social construction of gender: language (gender neutral pronouns, germany and. Australia have a 3rd section on their passports), family, spaces (washrooms, manacles), fashion industry, media product and messages. Social construction of sexuality: sexual orientation and practices, sexual rights, uid sexuality, sexism/racism/heterosexism (the history of dating, hooking up, going steady, Stereotyping: gender polarization, over simpli cation, package picture of cultures, distortion of members, discrimination. Colonialism and imperialism: canada"s history, role or women, discrimination, leadership and activism, indigenous issues. Education: history (french and jesuit model, british model, teacher interaction with students), privilege, hegemonic masculinity, work place, solutions, gender gaps in subjects and university, socialization, same-sex education.