PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canadian Psychological Association, Liberal Feminism, Radical Feminism
9 Dec 2016
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In many ways, women"s lives are improving however, even in the 21st century, women are frequently treated in a biased fashion: this biased treatment is often relatively subtle, but it can also be life threatening. The popular media and the academic community frequently neglect women and issues important to them. When we study psychology of women, we can focus on women"s experiences in areas that usually emphasize the male point of view. Sex is a relatively narrow term that typically refers only to those inborn biological characteristics relating to reproduction, such as sex chromosomes or sex organs. Gender refers to the psychological characteristics and social categories that human culture creates. Unfortunately, psychology articles and books often fail to maintain the distinction between sex and gender. The phrase of doing gender emphasizes that gender is an active, dynamic process rather than something that is stable and rigid. It"s virtually impossible to stop doing gender because it"s part of our actual identity.
