WGS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Patricia Hill Collins, Gender Binary, Settler Colonialism
23 Jul 2016
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Women are as different as we/they are alike. We inhabit different cultures whose norms or cultural expectations prescribe different ways of acting as women and men and impose different sanctions if these norms are broken. It is important to recognize difference and avoid using woman as a universal or homogeneous category that assumes sameness. Emphasize that what it means to identify as a woman is a complex interaction of multiple identities. In particular, we inhabit different identities in terms of race and ethnicity, religion, age, looks, sexual identity, socioeconomic status, and ability. Normality tends to reflect the identities of those in power. This is especially apparent in the issue of disability where it is impossible for someone to be. Disabled or impaired without reference to a constructed idea of normal . It is important to recognize that the meanings associated with differences are socially constructed.
