WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anthropomorphism, Determinism, Essentialism
9 Dec 2015
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Sex differences and changing ideas of gender. Feminism is about equality among the sexes - to be treated equally. Pays attention to differences at the same time as it promotes. Ex justicia for migrant workers - vulnerabilities of female migrant farm workers from latin america and the caribbean in canada - Pays attention to inequalities and differences that arise from new forms of globalization as well as older histories of colonialism and racism. Looking outward - (new forms of globalization) Looking backward - (older histories of colonialism and racism) Always interrogate yourself; what are we doing right; what are we doing wrong; what can we do different. The scientific construction of gender guided reading questions. Some people argue science is the product of the engagement between the scientist"s psyche and the events to which [the scientist] is attentive (caplan & caplan, 1994. ) I. e things that are relevant to your own life.
