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Social Construction (of Gender)

Social Construction (of Gender). Diversity Literacy Week 2 / Lecture 1. Prepared by Claire Kelly. 1. Gender is “doing”. Prepared by Claire Kelly. Girls ( Insert: stereotypical girl picture) Pink Flower patterns Barbie Dolls Toy houses and household goods

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Social Construction (of Gender)

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  1. Social Construction (of Gender) Diversity Literacy Week 2 / Lecture 1 Prepared by Claire Kelly

  2. 1. Gender is “doing” Prepared by Claire Kelly • Girls (Insert:stereotypical girl picture) • Pink • Flower patterns • Barbie Dolls • Toy houses and household goods • Boys (Insert: stereotypical boy picture) • Blue • Camouflage patterns • Military toys and cars • Playing tough and rough

  3. 1. Gender is “doing” Prepared by Claire Kelly We are born sexed, not gendered “Doing” gender can shape biology “Doing” gender is inscribed on our bodies Gender is “doing” difference Gender is ascribed and achieved Gender has a material base, rendered in social and cultural practice

  4. 2. Gender is normalised Prepared by Claire Kelly • Gender is so obvious, we don't notice it until it is “disrupted”: • Third gender (Blackwood) – Institutionalised • Transgendered/transsexual people – not institutionalised • Implications for sexuality

  5. “Third” Gender Prepared by Claire Kelly • Insert articles/headline on the “third” gender recognized by the census of Nepal & India • http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-31/world/nepal.census.gender_1_gender-identity-citizenship-first-openly-gay-lawmaker?_s=PM:WORLD • http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/05/31/nepalese-census-includes-category-for-third-gender/ • http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47408

  6. 3. Gender is positioning Prepared by Claire Kelly Gender is about more than the individual, it is about the social institution “Cult of the individual” – difficult to think of ourselves as positioned Subjectivity Individuals are not passive in these social structures, we challenge them or we rearticulate them (remember the moving train?)

  7. 4. Gender can be bent Prepared by Claire Kelly • What does “gender bending” tell us about gender? • Shows us that boundaries: • exist • contain gender • are breachable • are social • Insert: Picture of someone “bending gender” like a drag queen or king or cross dresser

  8. 5. Gender as process, stratification and structure Prepared by Claire Kelly • Process – doing, creates difference • Stratification – e.g. gendering of jobs nurse vs. doctor • Structure – division of labour, devaluing of “feminine” labour

  9. Social Construction of Difference Prepared by Claire Kelly “… is produced and maintained by identifiable social processes and built into the general social structure and individual identities deliberately and purposefully” (Lorber, p. 35) “The paradox of human nature is that it is always a manifestation of cultural meanings, social relationships and power politics” (Lorber, p. 35) “For humans, the social is natural” (Lorber, p. 36)

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