PHIL 259- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Biological determinism: one"s biology determines the kind of person you can or will be, schopenhauer, others, de beauvoir and others reject this view, one is not born, but rather becomes a woman . If gender is strictly social, and socially reinforced, what has shaped current gender roles and expectations. Normativity argument: judith butler agrees that unitary gender notions fail to take into account the. Multiplicity of cultural, social, and political intersections in which the concrete array of women" are constructed. In an attempt to refute biological determinism, feminists mistakenly created a false, socially constructed account of femininity: gender realist accounts like this are normative, implying that there is a correct way to be a gendered woman. 1: this is exclusionary and helpful, as the term woman" will always prescribe some. Unspoken normative requirements (like having a feminine personality) that women should conform to. (sep: gender is performative.
