The Gender Matrix in Mary Wollstonecraft`s Letters
... subjective positions" (131). Following Foucault, recent re-readings of Romantic texts resist this 'impulse to order' and reinterpret moments of disruption and linguistic instability as foregrounding the illusory nature of a constituting ego. 9 ...
... subjective positions" (131). Following Foucault, recent re-readings of Romantic texts resist this 'impulse to order' and reinterpret moments of disruption and linguistic instability as foregrounding the illusory nature of a constituting ego. 9 ...
View/Open
... virtually anything can and is done to them. Pornography, therefore, is one of those institutions of male power that propagates the dynamic of male domination and female subordination. The representation and use of women in pornography goes against every liberal and Kantian notion that has at its bas ...
... virtually anything can and is done to them. Pornography, therefore, is one of those institutions of male power that propagates the dynamic of male domination and female subordination. The representation and use of women in pornography goes against every liberal and Kantian notion that has at its bas ...
Reading Agnes: The Rhetoric of Gender in Ambrose and Prudentius
... legislative intent contains a fair amount of bluff, of saving face: they regularly lay down laws which are belied by the jokes those same men will later tell" (The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece [NY: Routledge, 1990], 70). The social history of male-femal ...
... legislative intent contains a fair amount of bluff, of saving face: they regularly lay down laws which are belied by the jokes those same men will later tell" (The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece [NY: Routledge, 1990], 70). The social history of male-femal ...
Towards Different Law and Public Policy
... correct implementation of CEDAW in the 176 States that have ratified this Convention as of May 2004. The report sets out to contribute to disseminating awareness about CEDAW. Within this context, the publication also has some more specific objectives. The Convention contains the general obligation o ...
... correct implementation of CEDAW in the 176 States that have ratified this Convention as of May 2004. The report sets out to contribute to disseminating awareness about CEDAW. Within this context, the publication also has some more specific objectives. The Convention contains the general obligation o ...
Foucault’s Ethics: Living as a Middle Sex or Intersex Subject
... self” with constant self-reflection allow for subjects to develop different relations with themselves and also with other subjects. In this ethical project, I am going to examine how Foucault’s idea of ethics provides us with new lenses to understand the dynamics of gender binary, anatomical “abnorm ...
... self” with constant self-reflection allow for subjects to develop different relations with themselves and also with other subjects. In this ethical project, I am going to examine how Foucault’s idea of ethics provides us with new lenses to understand the dynamics of gender binary, anatomical “abnorm ...
He`s not good enough for you - Utrecht University Repository
... and moral delimit ethnically specific sexual boundaries which may be crossed by Ladinas in their interethnic marriage. As Nagel puts it, „[…] intermarriage is perhaps the most controversial ethnosexual act since it tends to be public, officially recognized, and reproductive‟ (Nagel 2003: 259). By re ...
... and moral delimit ethnically specific sexual boundaries which may be crossed by Ladinas in their interethnic marriage. As Nagel puts it, „[…] intermarriage is perhaps the most controversial ethnosexual act since it tends to be public, officially recognized, and reproductive‟ (Nagel 2003: 259). By re ...
Gender Differences in Educational Outcomes. Study on the
... identified explicitly the aim of reaching the equality of outcomes or have implemented successfully the gender mainstreaming strategy in the field of education. Although the list of potential policy measures that aim at changing traditional gender roles and stereotypes is long, only a few countries ...
... identified explicitly the aim of reaching the equality of outcomes or have implemented successfully the gender mainstreaming strategy in the field of education. Although the list of potential policy measures that aim at changing traditional gender roles and stereotypes is long, only a few countries ...
OVERTNESS-COVERTNESS IN ADVERTISING GENDER
... transparent (Bogart 1990; Jones 1997, 1999; de Chenecey 2000; Sutherland and Sylvester 2000; Sutherland 2001; Crook 2004). Yet, even if we accept, as argued by these studies, that nowadays advertising covertness is sparingly used, the question is: “why is still in use?”. The answer to this question ...
... transparent (Bogart 1990; Jones 1997, 1999; de Chenecey 2000; Sutherland and Sylvester 2000; Sutherland 2001; Crook 2004). Yet, even if we accept, as argued by these studies, that nowadays advertising covertness is sparingly used, the question is: “why is still in use?”. The answer to this question ...
Diversity of the Upper Paleolithic Venus Figurines
... The generalizations in the textbooks do some violence to the facts. Few of the statuettes represent gross obesity, and some are quite slender (Fig. 1). Even the first figurines found in the 1890s were classified by Piette into svelte and obese classes (Delporte 1979:73). Half a century ago Passemard ...
... The generalizations in the textbooks do some violence to the facts. Few of the statuettes represent gross obesity, and some are quite slender (Fig. 1). Even the first figurines found in the 1890s were classified by Piette into svelte and obese classes (Delporte 1979:73). Half a century ago Passemard ...
Problematic Representations of Asian American Gender and
... perhaps her most famous role, in Shanghai Express (1932), she plays a Dragon Lady figure, seen in shadow throughout much of the film Perhaps the most memorable part of her role is when she stabs the man who has raped her, the Chinese villain, in the back.^^ While this act ends up saving the white ch ...
... perhaps her most famous role, in Shanghai Express (1932), she plays a Dragon Lady figure, seen in shadow throughout much of the film Perhaps the most memorable part of her role is when she stabs the man who has raped her, the Chinese villain, in the back.^^ While this act ends up saving the white ch ...
Gender justice and social norms – processes of change for
... understanding of what maintains discriminatory gender norms and how they change. Analysis of social norms in the context of international development has roots in the field of health promotion, with a focus on issues such as norms constraining breastfeeding, adoption of modern sanitation (Bicchieri, ...
... understanding of what maintains discriminatory gender norms and how they change. Analysis of social norms in the context of international development has roots in the field of health promotion, with a focus on issues such as norms constraining breastfeeding, adoption of modern sanitation (Bicchieri, ...
Gender performativity in South African films with reference to Leon
... With the complexity of identifying and confining comedy genre, Kuhn and Westwell (2012:92) acknowledge that “classifying something as ephemeral as laughter, constitutes something of a dilemma for film studies.” Comedy is also produced and received in various historical, political, social and cultura ...
... With the complexity of identifying and confining comedy genre, Kuhn and Westwell (2012:92) acknowledge that “classifying something as ephemeral as laughter, constitutes something of a dilemma for film studies.” Comedy is also produced and received in various historical, political, social and cultura ...
PLOTINA PLOTINA Working Lexicon
... language with a common understanding of the concepts within the PLOTINA project. The following lexicon includes concepts that are important to be defined for the purposes of this project. A number of different definitions were collected for each concept and presented at the kick off meeting of the p ...
... language with a common understanding of the concepts within the PLOTINA project. The following lexicon includes concepts that are important to be defined for the purposes of this project. A number of different definitions were collected for each concept and presented at the kick off meeting of the p ...
Sex, Sexuality and Gender : Basic Concepts
... gender are implicated in all areas of social life. In most societies around the world, what a woman and a man “should” be has relied on a narrow understanding of sex, gender and sexuality and the relationship between these three. This understanding is reproduced, reinforced and enforced by a range o ...
... gender are implicated in all areas of social life. In most societies around the world, what a woman and a man “should” be has relied on a narrow understanding of sex, gender and sexuality and the relationship between these three. This understanding is reproduced, reinforced and enforced by a range o ...
Gender Training for Security Sector Personnel – good practices and lessons learned
... men and women, while ‘sex’ refers to the biological differences between males and females. Gender roles vary widely within and across cultures, and can change over time. Gender refers not simply to women or men but to the relationship between them. ...
... men and women, while ‘sex’ refers to the biological differences between males and females. Gender roles vary widely within and across cultures, and can change over time. Gender refers not simply to women or men but to the relationship between them. ...
gender based social movements and lgbt movements in
... perspective, this thesis aims to analyze how gender related social issues have been perceived by the Russian society and how activists desired changes in the Russian society through social movements. In this thesis, social movements and gender related problems are investigated in a historical contex ...
... perspective, this thesis aims to analyze how gender related social issues have been perceived by the Russian society and how activists desired changes in the Russian society through social movements. In this thesis, social movements and gender related problems are investigated in a historical contex ...
Chapter 24 Gender Identity and Stereotyping in Early
... in the general social psychological literature on gender differences in the construal of the self. A few insightful studies (Baumeister & Sommer, 1997; Gabriel & Gardner, 1999) show that both men and women construe their selves interdependently, or relationally, but in different ways. Men’s interdep ...
... in the general social psychological literature on gender differences in the construal of the self. A few insightful studies (Baumeister & Sommer, 1997; Gabriel & Gardner, 1999) show that both men and women construe their selves interdependently, or relationally, but in different ways. Men’s interdep ...
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... 3) Which statement is least accurate regarding sex and gender? A) The world offers unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on one's sex. B) Being born male or female carries images and expectations on how one should act. C) Gender is sociologically significant because it is the way in ...
... 3) Which statement is least accurate regarding sex and gender? A) The world offers unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on one's sex. B) Being born male or female carries images and expectations on how one should act. C) Gender is sociologically significant because it is the way in ...
GENDER AND THE WELFARE STATE" maternalism
... general. While feminist scholars in Europe have written about gender and social policies for nearly two decades, American researchers have just begun to address the issue of welfare policies. Actually, the Norwegian scholar Helga Hernes and the Danish scholar Birte Siim were among the first to addre ...
... general. While feminist scholars in Europe have written about gender and social policies for nearly two decades, American researchers have just begun to address the issue of welfare policies. Actually, the Norwegian scholar Helga Hernes and the Danish scholar Birte Siim were among the first to addre ...
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`Made [into] a eunuch`: subverting masculinity in Floris and
... no longer have active harems: these are positioned as part of the past (see Taylor 2007: 1041). This does not, however, prevent the harem being deployed as a symbolic feature of the sheikh’s masculinity. In Lynne Graham’s The Arabian Mistress, the hero Tariq proposes to lodge Faye in his palace’s ‘h ...
... no longer have active harems: these are positioned as part of the past (see Taylor 2007: 1041). This does not, however, prevent the harem being deployed as a symbolic feature of the sheikh’s masculinity. In Lynne Graham’s The Arabian Mistress, the hero Tariq proposes to lodge Faye in his palace’s ‘h ...
Mirror mirror on the wall, who`s the bluntest of them all? Linguistic
... language. The topic of female speech has been a keen interest of linguists world wide for nearly a century, and several researchers have contributed to ideas of difference and of men and women as binary opposites. The recent theories in the field have shifted away from mere focus on difference, and ...
... language. The topic of female speech has been a keen interest of linguists world wide for nearly a century, and several researchers have contributed to ideas of difference and of men and women as binary opposites. The recent theories in the field have shifted away from mere focus on difference, and ...
Gender as symbolic glue - Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert
... system at the same time. The terms also mainly appear just before the March 2014 local election, at a time when the left was being heavily attacked about not only its national program but also its local governance. While most conservative demonstrators of 2012-2013 did not know much about “gender id ...
... system at the same time. The terms also mainly appear just before the March 2014 local election, at a time when the left was being heavily attacked about not only its national program but also its local governance. While most conservative demonstrators of 2012-2013 did not know much about “gender id ...
hemingway: a study in gender and sexuality
... and the two men highlights the men’s anxieties about masculinity due to the strict gender binaries imposed by society. Both men, although described by many critics as “stoic” and the “classic Hemingway heroes,” display discomfort by having to ascribe to a masculine ideal of tough, sexual, aggressive ...
... and the two men highlights the men’s anxieties about masculinity due to the strict gender binaries imposed by society. Both men, although described by many critics as “stoic” and the “classic Hemingway heroes,” display discomfort by having to ascribe to a masculine ideal of tough, sexual, aggressive ...
women and society BA SOCIOLOGY 288 VI SEMESTER
... and provided overviews of the issues that arose out of the women's liberation movement. The SDSU program was initiated after a year of intense organizing of women's consciousness raising groups, rallies, petition circulating, and operating unofficial or experimental classes and presentations before ...
... and provided overviews of the issues that arose out of the women's liberation movement. The SDSU program was initiated after a year of intense organizing of women's consciousness raising groups, rallies, petition circulating, and operating unofficial or experimental classes and presentations before ...
Holmes, M. (2009). Gender and Everyday Life. New York
... powerful overview of both classical and contemporary scholarship on gender categories. Social theories of gender have been at the forefront of the most important debates in the social sciences and humanities over the last 25 years, and one of Mary Holmes’ critical aims in this book is to unravel the ...
... powerful overview of both classical and contemporary scholarship on gender categories. Social theories of gender have been at the forefront of the most important debates in the social sciences and humanities over the last 25 years, and one of Mary Holmes’ critical aims in this book is to unravel the ...