Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Judith Lorber, Jeff Lorber, Biological Determinism
25 Nov 2016
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Class objectives: highlight diff bw sex and gender, discuss social construction vs. biological, explore gender stereotypes and gender policing, both formal and informal. Sex/gender: these 2 terms are often confused or used interchangeably, but they in fact have distinct and diff de nitions, both sex and gender are presented as binaries, sex. Refers to biological characteristics ex. female/male/intersex: gender. Refers to the personally traits, behaviours and attitudes attributed to or expected of individuals based on their sex. Many believe gender is taught by society, media, parents, families, and peers. We all have sex (even if it doesn"t t neatly into one of these categories) Tuesday, september 16, 2014: there is a high potential for subversion in that we are able to perform gender in any way we choose. Critiques of lorber: article is dated (20 yrs), uses language no longer appropriate, transvestite and. Men considered better bosses/leaders, more likely to take science, engineering, more strong, better drivers.
