WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Intersectionality, Caster Semenya, Canadian Human Rights Act
4 Dec 2016
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Wgs160 - lecture 4 - gender variance and diversity over time. Feminism should always be the subject of interrogation. Rigid sex/ gender binary that is dominant in our society is not natural or universal and has a history. It wasn"t always in place, it is not the dominant structure across the world today. For two thousand years, male and female bodies were not conceptualized as different. Arose from a scientific search for differences. In math, males outperformed females but there was an overlap that was exaggerated. People were socialized into the categories (males were more exposed) After practice, both groups did equally well. Society was based on strict gender roles and jobs. U of t professor and genderless pronouns. Proposes to outlaw harassment and discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression under the canadian human rights act and the criminal code.
