GWST 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Horrors, Bell Hooks, Heteronormativity
27 Oct 2017
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1 science: social movement (gender movement, law case study. 7 law case study: alberta sexual sterilization act. Because of the act over 20800 people were sterilized. Women were much more likely to be sterilized by men. Women were twice as likely to go before the court. The idea that certain people should not be reproducing. Standards for who will be sterilized is different in men and women. Idea that women are supposed to be less sexual. Peak sterilization period is on the 1950 to 1960s. The horrors of nazi germany gas chambers etc. why continue to do it the sterilization. Why is it important to use a intersectional approach. To have a better understand of hierarchy and power. But how does race operate and there is assumptions about who is a good candidate for this. There is another level to it not just about gender there is race.
