FEM 1100 Chapter Notes -Transvestism, Heterosexuality, Judith Butler
2 Dec 2014
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Sex & gender: two of the most important words. Sex: biology conformed to your birth, chromosomes (xx female, xy male), , example of baby being obsessed with knowing if male/female to continue conversation (by default), identity neutral term: hir (his/her) Get out of society, culture, religion, media give messages of what is acceptable, what to like or not like. Social constructions: come out of social environment and is created/built. 1950 advertisement of women baking in kitchen, wore pearls, etc. After, men grew out their hair and women began to wear jeans in the 1960s. The more things change, more they will stay the same . Race: apartheid was the race laws in south africa, three classifications: white (caucasian), colored (parts of asia), and negro (black african). It was identified on your card, institutionalised to not drink same water, date each other, etc. (chinese were coloured and japanese were white determined by money)
