deeply-rooted social expectations on how men and women suppose to behave. Such expectations build a clear division between men’ and women’ roles in the society and enforce them to adjust their behaviors to suit the assigned gender roles. For example‚ as Lorber points out in her article “The Social Construction of Gender” (1991)‚ parenting is gendered and mothers are generally expected to spend time taking care of children while fathers are expected to burden more financial responsibilities (65). The way
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According to Lorber (1994)‚ there are more gender identities then just man and woman. One can identify as a transsexual (someone who has gone through surgery to alter their sex) or a transvestite (one who dresses to be seen as the opposite gender). These people conform to the expectations of the gender they’d like to be perceived as. In other words‚ they go against their biological gender and/or gender roles‚ and take on the gender roles of the sex they wish to be seen as. Lorber (1994) also suggests
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Cited: Schweitzer‚ Peter. Disney: The Mouse Betrayed. Washington DC: Regnery Publishing‚ 2001. Print. Moore‚ Lorber‚ Judith‚ Lisa Jean. Gendered Bodies: Feminist Perspectives. 2007. Print. Kimmel‚ Michael. Men ’s Lives. 7. Boston‚ MA: Allyn and Baccon ‚ 2006. Print.
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Thursday: Film-White Man’s Burden; Exam #1 Posted to Blackboard and Due by Monday‚ September 6‚ 5:00PM Week of September 7 Tuesday: Articles: Two Sexes Are Not Enough‚ by Anne-Fausto- Sterling; The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber Thursday: Film: Mickey Mouse Monopoly Week of September 14 Race‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Sexuality in Language and the Media Tuesday: Newman‚ Chapter Three: “Portraying Differences” Thursday: Film: Killing Us Softly
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WGSS 1110 Midterm One 1- Sex: One’s physical aspects including: hormones‚ genitalia‚ and chromosomes. We tend to categorize sex as a dichotomy: male and female. 2- Intersex: Any physical manifestation of traits that is not distinctly male or female. 3- Gender: Ones psychological and sociological aspects; one’s expressions of identity; gender identity (psychological sense of self)‚ gender expression (how one presents themselves) and gender roles (societal role in society). 4- Gender
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During Frank Money’s childhood‚ his family was forced out of Bandera County‚ Texas. Consequently‚ the family had to leave their land‚ their livestock and crops. They had to seek refuge from relatives in Georgia. Frank’s father had to work as a sharecropper while his mother “picked cotton during the day and swept lumber shacks during the night” (Morrison chap. 3). Morrison shows that Frank has to live with such harsh experiences and memories of Texas throughout his life. For example‚ Frank recalls
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Cited: "Age Discrimination in Employment Act." Wikipedia. 6 Dec. 2005 . Clark‚ Margaret M. "Loose lips sank ship - Court Report - age discrimination." HR Magazine June 2003. 6 Dec. 2005 . Lorber‚ Larry. Interview. Oct. 2002. 6 Dec. 2005
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Emeregence of Xeno-Racism. Race & Class. 43(2)‚ 23-40. Hall‚ S. (2001). The spectacle of the ‘other’. In: Wetherell‚ M.‚ Taylor‚ S. & Yates‚ S. (eds). Discourse Theory and Practice: A Reader. London‚ Sage in association with Open University. 324-344. Lorber‚ J. (1994). “Night to his day”: The Social Construction of Gender. In paradoxes of gender. New haven: Yale University Press. 1-8‚ 13-36. Maccallum‚ E. J. (2002)‚ Othering and psychiatric nursing. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing‚9
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Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza – Gloria E. Anzaldúa In describing a state-of-being in the notorious lands in-between – a space often described as suitable for only the stigmatized (Goffman 1963)‚ the wandering gender-immigrant (Lorber 1994)‚ and the political excommunicated‚ that banished dissident-‚ Gloria Anzaldúa is doing a lot of work. For example‚ by noting that separation from traditional places of origins (whether by choice or by force) does not mean having to detach from that which
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The source of antifeminism or male empowerment is governed by a patriarchal oligarchy where women are subjected to the male. In western society‚ the sexes are not equally represented. Women play fewer roles in that society than men and most occupations are males oriented. Women are disproportionally unrepresented and the powerful hold of patriarchy‚ exclusively maintained by men‚ deem morally right. Feminist‚ like Lois Tyson‚ strongly protested the patriarchal beliefs of women’s place in western
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