WGST 1413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Slut, Stereotype, Essentialism

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Short essay (3-4 pages; due oct. 19) 15% Mid-term test (during class, 2 hrs. , short answer and essay, nov 23) 15% Annotated bib & thesis statement (3 sources due feb 1st ) 10% Research essay (6-7 pages, due march 22) 20% Male - dad, brother, provider, leader, difficult, violence, boyfriend. Female mom, rock, savior, honesty, friend, catty, malicious. Women studies is about how we come to know what we think we know. We are going to look more closely, at socialization, and how it can open and foreclose or frame/direct our opportunities. Sex: usually defined as anatomical body (physical body) Gender: intellectual, emotional, psychological selves, personality and character traits, or cultural interpretation / expression of the sexed body. What a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)a(cid:455) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) sees someone who feels like neither. Gender should always be understood in terms or multiple inflections. Sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, disability, nation, religio(cid:374), age a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ore.

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