GNDS 120 : GNDS 120 STUDY GUIDE
13 Apr 2013
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Gender studies encourage students and faculty to develop 2 especially significant capacities in today"s world: Authenticity i. e. , being the self/community we want to be; we may begin by critiquing the way we are now, then learn to act as if we are better, and eventually become that self/community we value. Ethicality i. e. , having a capacity for right action ; able to provide good sound arguments for what we believe and do. We"re not really interested in gender; we are actually interested in people living full lives and so we look at the intersections where people live: Intersections of identities race, class, ability, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationality. Intersections of systems cultural, political, economic, legal, etc with particular interest in patriarchy, colonialism, globalization. We begin with our own experiences and critique the way we interpret our experiences, often using theory to do so.
