WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Riki Wilchins, Lois Gould, Masculinity

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

Document Summary

Binaries and hierarchies: either/or, ladder of power. Biological determinism: belief that our traits are controlled by our genes /dna/ biology. Gender: the societal conditions and personal relations that structure a person as women, man, a mixture, or neither. Agender: a term used to describe a person who doesn"t identify with either gender. Cisgender: a term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with the one assigned to them at birth. Cissexism: the idea that cisgender is the only normal way to be and the practices that uphold that belief. Gender expansive: a term used to describe a person who expands ideas about gender beyond societal expectations. Gender neutral: can refer to a term, space, or a person that/who is not gendered. Genderqueer: an umbrella term used a term used to describe a person who doesn"t identity with a strict gender binary.