SOSC 1502 Study Guide - Final Guide: Susan Bordo, Judith Butler, White Supremacy
18 Oct 2013
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Gender: reproductive process between a male and female, its constructed as biological. Heteronormativity: the ideas, practices and institutions that legitimize and privilege heterosexuality and heterosexual relationships as fundamental and natural within society [cohen, 234]; (marriage, nuclear family, The couple ) overall - institution of heterosexuality as the customs and practices that regulate and police the boundaries of heterosexuality, of the normal ; Masculinity: as a social and historical gendered relation. Stereotypical male attributes that contribute with dominance, manhood and power. Unmasking masculinity: performance and regulation i. e. masculinity is not natural. Race: white supremacy at the root of heteronormative state regulation; Colonization: informs the construction of citizens and non citizens, whiteness formed through colonization. Pace of life taken for granted by able bodied individuals. Society and our environments do not support disabled people. Social construction of disability through expectations of performance. Work, recreation, community, and social activities inaccessible. Stereotyping of people with disabilities, stigmatization, leads to marginalization.
