Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caitlyn Jenner, Germaine Greer, Matt Bomer

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Fill some space not yet clearly defined: properly belong to another gender, get away form conventional expectations. Socially transition but not physically --> changing names, pronouns, change hair clothing: not necessarily medical or physical changes. Terminology and language: transsexual --> used when surgical modifications employed. A contested term today can sound overly clinical or imply the issue is closely linked to sexual behavior. Some trans folks prefer the term other detest it. Importance of self definition: cisgender --> identifying with gender associated with ones given biological sex. Sawyer/ jenner interview - 17 million interviews: making a trans person very visible to other people. I am cait season 2 much more intersectional than 1st season: the women that were apart of it called her out on a lot of stuff things shes done wrong The privilege that she has had: more inclusive voices, more films and tv programs being made; trans people on reality tv, programs that focus on trans youth.