PHIL 325 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ma Vie En Rose, Existentialism, Queer Theory
20 Jan 2016
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Gender identity is a phenomenological tradition of the human body that is expressed by the body"s gestures, movements, enactments that define an individual. In modern day, society tends to discriminate against people that deviate outside the social norms in terms of their image, behavior and actions. 1 society creates strict roles that a boy or girl, man or women should play. By placing restrictions on a male and female, society is pressured to act, present and behave within the roles of their gender. This creates issues when it comes to gender equality, as the foundation of societal notions surrounding masculinity and femininity makes people who conform otherwise appear alien. It is only when we move away from the idea that there are. Opposite sexes,and let go of the culturally derived values that are assigned to expressions of femininity and masculinity, that we may finally approach gender equality. 2.
