Geography 3411A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stonewall Uprising, Gender Inequality, Gender Studies

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 3411A/B
• Professor: Jeff Hopkins

Document Summary

Case study: sexuality & body at a canadian beach. Exam --> watch stonewall uprising and answer questions (some may be on exam) Minimal physical & biological variations aside, differences between males & females are socially constructed in cultural, political, and economic context. Dominant gender-based culture is male and masculine. Men & male values over women & female values. Only certain forms of masculinity are acceptable. Geography of gender studies the various ways that genders and geographies are mutually constituted. Accepts that gender and sexual inequality exists and should be eradicated. Hetero - bi - trans - homo. Perspectives that draw on feminist politics and theories to explore how gender relations and geographies are mutually structured and transformed. Inequality between the sexes exists and it should not. Seeks equality with males and masculinity not domination. Actions, attitudes, & policies that discriminate against people based solely on their sex. Is for people and social justice, not anti-men!