Women's Studies 1020E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jane Austen, Gayle Rubin, Homosociality
10 Apr 2020
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Women"s studies 1021: midterm exam - prep sheet. Sex : biological classification assigned at birth (or even before); intercourse; genital makeup (anatomy) Gametes: reproductive cells (a cell with duplicated chromosomes) Chromosomes: a cell with hereditary info (we have 46) Sexuality: relates to sexual orientation; how the body is read, interpreted, fashioned, imagined, etc. in the social world. Gender: a social construct, roles that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. Gives norms of how people should act and behave. Ex. ideal man and women examples in class. Sex/gender system: how we interpret sexed identites in a given culture. Sexuality and gender may preceed sex: sexed body is already interpreted via language. Hierarchy of sex (gayle rubin): see slides (55) Married couples treated differently than non married; have more social capital. Ideology: a group/body of ideas; a system of ideas and ideals. Cultural norms: shared values that aim to produce social cohesion and make society homogeneous.
