Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lois Gould, Leslie Feinberg, Signify

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Kim Verwaayen

Document Summary

But, many women are taller than men. The impression of difference is exacerbated by preference in patriarchal heteronormative cultures for taller men to pair off with shorter women (bcs men are expected to be bigger. The schemata is rooted in particular ways of thinking around gender and (hetero)sexuality : men with shorter women: protectors vs. protective. How do we define black and white. Science saying that obsession with racial difference is a myth in terms of. How we read difference the meaning(s) and value(s) we attach to it. We make up the meanings of the differences. Important in our understanding of how biology (nature) is political. Effects (and implications) or gendered socialization: male toys encourage problem solving, hand eye coordination, female toys had pink and purple colours: stereotyped as girly clothes mechanical work and skills. Boy and girl toys are framed as cultural forms. Boys" toys: manipulation, invention, construction, exploration, competition, aggression, independent thought.