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 Sep 30 2009, 12:01 PM
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I pitched this in the Community Forum and it was well recieved.
This thread is all about the politics and cross cultural and societal views on gender. I started thinking increasingly about gender when the media frenzy about Caster Semenya emerged. It is my opinion that the only reason people questioned Ms. Semenya's gender is because she appeared to be "masculine". That is, she looked masculine according to the ideas of society at large. Had she had softer, more "feminine" features, questions of her gender would not have come up. So, what is gender? We know that there is sex, your biological sex, but gender is a social construct. -------------------- Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth. --- Buddah, The Dhammapada
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Oct 16 2009, 10:18 AM
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angie21 - AH, as I've said I think Canada is a wonderful place in so many ways.
The particular antrhopological theory I was talking about was in the news again just some months ago unfortunately. I was in college during the 1990s and I thought that theory was too archaic for 1995, let alone having to hear MORE research on this topic AGAIN. Now granted, it could have just been a slow news day and one of the reporters was trying to start a controversy. -------------------- "The U.S. is the only nation on Earth to pass from barbarism into decadence without once passing through an era of civilization."
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Oct 17 2009, 01:19 PM
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QUOTE(koffeewitch @ Oct 16 2009, 09:18 AM)  angie21 - AH, as I've said I think Canada is a wonderful place in so many ways. The particular antrhopological theory I was talking about was in the news again just some months ago unfortunately. I was in college during the 1990s and I thought that theory was too archaic for 1995, let alone having to hear MORE research on this topic AGAIN. Now granted, it could have just been a slow news day and one of the reporters was trying to start a controversy. Sometimes I get so mad at how dumb Canadians can be, it's nice to be reminded of what's good about our country, too.  I'm always wary of new reports on science studies. Newspaper writers couldn't srting two concepts together coherently even if they did understand what they were reporting on. And most of the time they clearly don't understand it. They jump on easy, controvesial parts of the study that will make headlines, like comparing primate interaction to prostitution. I took my anthropology undergrad courses around 2002-2005, and I think it does take a while for older professors to catch on to the newer studies and theory. We had a lot of young, idealistic profs in my department, too. Speaking of bad reporting of gender studies: Horribly confusing article about a study of gender and children's chores at home from Canwest News Compared to: Article about the study that actually makes sense from Wall Street Journal |
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culturehandy A Gender Agenda Sep 30 2009, 12:01 PM
koffeewitch I (and I assume many feminists) would agree with y... Sep 30 2009, 12:32 PM deschatsrouge In our culture I think we associate Gender and bio... Sep 30 2009, 01:43 PM sybarite I am really pleased this thread has been started; ... Oct 1 2009, 05:21 AM
koffeewitch I am really pleased this thread has been started; ... Oct 1 2009, 06:48 AM culturehandy How much gender is a social contrsuct is something... Oct 1 2009, 07:00 AM bob4both Very interesting thread! I'm mulling all t... Oct 1 2009, 12:23 PM koffeewitch Very interesting thread! I'm mulling all t... Oct 1 2009, 01:06 PM jsmith I don't think it comes down to nature v. nurtu... Oct 1 2009, 07:56 PM mumblestutter nice thread! this may or may not be totally co... Oct 1 2009, 09:09 PM koffeewitch I love this thread! I've been thinking ab... Oct 2 2009, 06:29 AM culturehandy I thought about the masculine vs feminine, especia... Oct 2 2009, 07:51 AM justF Interesting topic, so even though its my first pos... Oct 2 2009, 07:37 PM stargazer Good thread, CH! :)
I'm working with a pr... Oct 4 2009, 12:07 PM jsmith jsmith, you mentioned a continuum of gender. have ... Oct 4 2009, 01:24 PM angie_21 In my anthropology classes, I was taught to use th... Oct 4 2009, 04:14 PM culturehandy angie, that's exactly what I'm thinking of... Oct 4 2009, 04:23 PM stargazer If something is biologically not real, but believe... Oct 4 2009, 05:54 PM jsmith
from a theoretical perspective, raising a child ... Oct 4 2009, 07:46 PM angie_21 I think my parents had a good idea, which instead ... Oct 4 2009, 08:16 PM girltrouble . Oct 4 2009, 09:26 PM koffeewitch Reading through all the new posts, it still seems ... Oct 5 2009, 08:58 AM culturehandy GT, I read your previous post, and it does make se... Oct 5 2009, 09:27 AM jsmith
For example, when a person meets a man who is an... Oct 5 2009, 10:45 AM angie_21 CH, I'm also pretty interested in that, not ju... Oct 5 2009, 05:22 PM stargazer GT, why did you remove your post?? You made some ... Oct 5 2009, 07:04 PM ketto Well, going along your previous post. I've of... Oct 6 2009, 08:26 AM hcbeck Marilyn Frye:
"...when queers go forth in dr... Oct 6 2009, 10:01 AM girltrouble i deleted it, because, well, i've been enjoyin... Oct 5 2009, 07:50 PM candycane_girl Okay, this is off topic but GT, whenever I see a p... Oct 5 2009, 09:37 PM koffeewitch An observation about gender by Phil Donahue: (I... Oct 6 2009, 06:51 AM girltrouble that's an interesting point koffee(so glad eve... Oct 6 2009, 07:03 AM culturehandy GT, that post is magnificent!!
I was goin... Oct 6 2009, 07:05 AM koffeewitch I'd like to ask you all a personal question(s)... Oct 6 2009, 10:33 AM jsmith Your post strikes a chord with me, koffeewitch. Wh... Oct 6 2009, 02:57 PM angie_21 GT, thanks for laying out those ideas and definiti... Oct 6 2009, 05:49 PM stargazer That's a great quote, ketto. :)
koffeewitch,... Oct 6 2009, 06:52 PM jsmith I think some people react to femininsm so strongly... Oct 6 2009, 07:06 PM stargazer Kim France's article about drag and feminism. ... Oct 6 2009, 08:19 PM culturehandy I have never felt bound by being a woman, or when ... Oct 7 2009, 07:40 AM koffeewitch I have never felt bound by being a woman, or when ... Oct 7 2009, 08:29 AM koffeewitch Wow! Thanks to all you who responded to my qu... Oct 7 2009, 08:14 AM culturehandy Being Canadian and all, I didn't see the found... Oct 7 2009, 08:37 AM ketto Being Canadian and all, I didn't see the found... Oct 7 2009, 09:37 AM girltrouble ketto, i love that quote! thank you!
beck... Oct 7 2009, 08:52 AM koffeewitch the two basic groups are those that are "pro... Oct 7 2009, 11:20 AM koffeewitch Ahhh, yes. Canada (longing sigh). There are SO MA... Oct 7 2009, 09:00 AM culturehandy Koffee, with something like this, that goes to sho... Oct 7 2009, 09:25 AM culturehandy I found that our teachers engaged all sutdents.
... Oct 7 2009, 10:00 AM jsmith Now what bums me, is I refused to learn so many of... Oct 7 2009, 10:16 AM girltrouble the one that i mentioned that comes across as ever... Oct 7 2009, 11:38 AM koffeewitch GT- That's really intriguing; I like the idea ... Oct 7 2009, 01:10 PM angie_21 wow, I can't keep up with everything here... Oct 8 2009, 09:42 PM auralpoison Injustice at Every Turn is a new report on the dis... Feb 7 2011, 11:25 PM anarch Thanks for linking that, aural. Good to have that ... Feb 9 2011, 01:40 AM |
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