POLI 379 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Masculinity

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 379
• Professor: Kelly Gordon

Document Summary

Sex and gender: debate #1 sex vs. 2018-09-06: certain forms of masculinity/femininity are valued (changes across time and context) Ideal forms to not actually exist, but disciplines us: ets e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s for (cid:858)appropriate(cid:859) perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es of ge(cid:374)der. Joan scott: thinking about gender, discard notions that gender is a coherent category, man, woman, masculine, feminine they are not fixed or static across space and time, ex. Hillar(cid:455) cli(cid:374)to(cid:374)(cid:859)s e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e ru(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g for preside(cid:374)t gender equality went backwards with the election of trump: people(cid:859)s e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es of ge(cid:374)der are (cid:374)ot ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ous, different socioeconomic, races, etc. have different experiences. Cannot be understand through only the prism of gender: gender has its limits, cannot explain everything for us in political phenomena, ex. Border opens between czech and germany sex industry explodes: gender alone cannot explain this need class in order to understand. That it is only about women achieving what men have.