MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: India Arie, Y Chromosome, Masculinity
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Singer india arie proclaiming, i am not my hair. Hair is a key way we mark gender norms. Feminism: broadly, a political project that explores the diverse ways that men and women are socially empowered or disempowered. Contemporary feminism is not anti- male. Sexism: discrimination based upon a person"s sex. Feminism seeks to reveal + eradicate socially ingrained systems of sexism that harm all individuals in some way. Sex: refers to the innate, biological differentiation between men and women: anatomy, reproduction, hormone production, etc. Gender: refers to the culturally constructed differences between men and women: tastes, roles, activities, etc. Sex refers to male/female, gender refers to masculine/feminine. Y chromosome is male trait, aggressiveness is masculine trait. Essentialism: belief that gender distinctions are innate and natural. Patriarchy: system of power relations in which women"s interests are subordinated to those of men. Stereotype: misleading and simplified representation of a particular social group.
