WGST 1808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Ath, Wgst, Culture Of Asia

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

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Tension between formal male leadership and informal female leadership. Reminds me of asian culture, men are the front (puppets), women control them. E(cid:454): (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iages (cid:894)(cid:449)ife thought as (cid:858)su(cid:271)(cid:373)issi(cid:448)e(cid:859), (cid:455)et a(cid:396)e (cid:271)osses i(cid:374) the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)(cid:895) & politi(cid:272)s (cid:894)pm controlled by rosmah, his wife) Shows that women and men both are able to generate self-motivation and drive to take action on it, to cause change within society. Interpretation vary in different cultures & eras (cid:862)wh(cid:455) (cid:449)ould (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to lo(cid:449)e(cid:396) the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es to (cid:271)e e(cid:395)ual to (cid:373)e(cid:374)? (cid:863) Interestingly, in western culture the victorians represented the older era and would thi(cid:374)k the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e opp(cid:396)essed. In this culture, aboriginal, grandmother (someone from a different era of the past) perceived going down to the level of men. E(cid:373)i(cid:374)ds (cid:373)e of ho(cid:449) (cid:862)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t lead (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause emotion (cid:863) is a (cid:271)ig e(cid:454)(cid:272)use a(cid:374)d ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)alizatio(cid:374) to justif(cid:455) (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s positio(cid:374)s of po(cid:449)e(cid:396) i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) & the (cid:449)o(cid:396)kpla(cid:272)e. Used to be a sign of prosperity & health.