CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Neuroplasticity, Essentialism, Metrosexual
28 Mar 2016
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Help clinic (information on sakai calendar) for article critique. Symbols say more than words when separating genders. To be male is to not be female and vice versa. To be masculine is to not be feminine and vice versa. If male then masculine (if not, people will question you) Policed through: (watching yourself, policing your actions to be confined by the. School, sports, science, pop culture, peer groups. Feels good to get a compliment on how well your performing your gender (girl looks beautiful; boy is strong) Blue is for boys, pink is for girls. Barbie dolls for girls, truck for boys. Toys are divided up by sex in stores. Lego is friendly for both boys and girls (neutral gendered game: when it first started out, blocks were simple and multi-coloured. More recently they made lego more gender separate creating lego for each gender to encourage girls to play (building lego house/pony) Feminine framed as lesser, objectified, lacking, sexualized.
