What is gender ?
Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of people because of a aspect of their identity
Sexuality: generally refers to sexual attraction or orientation
Queer: that which challenges the normative and heteronormative (it will be used as an umbrella term to
critique systems of cisgender privilege and heteronormativity)
Feminism: a range if social movements, political movements and ideologies that aim to de ne,
establish and achieve political, economic, personal, and social gender equality + gender justice.
(feminism does not equal womens rights)
Patriarchy: a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles. Of political
leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property
Non-binary: someone who doesn’t identify or conform to the binary gender.
Gender- uid: someone who’s gender identity is not xed.
What is gender to me? (Before lecture)
Gender: ‘refers to the varied and complex arrangements between men and women, encompassing the
organisation of reproduction, the sexual divisions of labour and cultural de nitions of femininity and
masculinity’ (Bradley, 2013:16)
Gender is personal and political: make your own argument and analysis
Emphasis on categories as this can be discussed and critiqued later down the line.
Gender does not equal women (add mathematical sign)
Gender studies does not equal womens right studies although many universities gender studies
courses were founded as women right studies and evolved. Gender studies, look at womens rights but
also other things, focusing on cultural de nitions of categorisation of people.
Cultural de nitions of femininity and masculinity
Looking at things as simple as ‘boy’ clothing and ‘girl’ clothing in stores, with still boys clothing
focused on loud sporty themes with darker colours, whilst girls are more calming themes ‘good vibes’
with pinks and purples and lighter colours.
Showing the idea that cultural de nitions of masculinity and femininity can be seen everywhere.
And these cultural de nitions steering people towards these ideas of masculinity and femininity, with
out people realising it most the time.
This socialisation of children according to their gender assigned at birth starts early.
Sex/Gender Distinction
Sex: biological (male/female)
Looks at
- gonads, chromosomes, and hormones
- secondary sex characteristics
Gender: social (Men/Women)
Looks at
- socially assigned gender roles
- personally identi ed gender identity
Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of people because of a aspect of their identity
Sexuality: generally refers to sexual attraction or orientation
Queer: that which challenges the normative and heteronormative (it will be used as an umbrella term to
critique systems of cisgender privilege and heteronormativity)
Feminism: a range if social movements, political movements and ideologies that aim to de ne,
establish and achieve political, economic, personal, and social gender equality + gender justice.
(feminism does not equal womens rights)
Patriarchy: a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles. Of political
leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property
Non-binary: someone who doesn’t identify or conform to the binary gender.
Gender- uid: someone who’s gender identity is not xed.
What is gender to me? (Before lecture)
Gender: ‘refers to the varied and complex arrangements between men and women, encompassing the
organisation of reproduction, the sexual divisions of labour and cultural de nitions of femininity and
masculinity’ (Bradley, 2013:16)
Gender is personal and political: make your own argument and analysis
Emphasis on categories as this can be discussed and critiqued later down the line.
Gender does not equal women (add mathematical sign)
Gender studies does not equal womens right studies although many universities gender studies
courses were founded as women right studies and evolved. Gender studies, look at womens rights but
also other things, focusing on cultural de nitions of categorisation of people.
Cultural de nitions of femininity and masculinity
Looking at things as simple as ‘boy’ clothing and ‘girl’ clothing in stores, with still boys clothing
focused on loud sporty themes with darker colours, whilst girls are more calming themes ‘good vibes’
with pinks and purples and lighter colours.
Showing the idea that cultural de nitions of masculinity and femininity can be seen everywhere.
And these cultural de nitions steering people towards these ideas of masculinity and femininity, with
out people realising it most the time.
This socialisation of children according to their gender assigned at birth starts early.
Sex/Gender Distinction
Sex: biological (male/female)
Looks at
- gonads, chromosomes, and hormones
- secondary sex characteristics
Gender: social (Men/Women)
Looks at
- socially assigned gender roles
- personally identi ed gender identity
