WGST 2812 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Symbolic, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Wgst

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2812
• Professor: Lori Stinson

Document Summary

Sexual division of reproductive labour reinforces the sexual division of labour in the workforce. Unpaid domestic work of women fuels capitalist economies. State support for women to assist with social reproduction. Policy measures to redress the sexual division of labour. Conservatives limit the information we can access (politics, sex, sexuality) Denial of citizenship rights to women (legal inequality) Confinement of women to the private sphere. Policies designed to address discrimination, in education, employment, etc. The category woman -obscures inequality between and among women. The sex/gender system; ideology of male supremacy. Male domination of women"s bodies (the sexual contract) Relationship between men and women, male sexuality as problematic (get rid of porn, get rid of sexism/sexual inequality/ violence against women) Reproductive freedom; women"s power and control over their own bodies. Men like to see women domination and dehumanized. Conservative critique of porn sex: it"s wrong because you"re not married. Anti porn: don"t say they"re anti-sex, just porn.