3/5/13

Lesson Notes - Theorizing Gender

Assigned Readings:
  • Lorber, Judith. "'Night to His Day': The Social Construction of Gender." In [pdf] pp. 41-56.
  • Gilligan, Carol. "In a Different Voice." [pdf] pp. 428.
  • Kimmel, Michael. "What Are Little Boys Made Of? [if I or YOU can find it!] pp. 187-189 
  • Kessler, Suzanne. "The Medical Constructions of Gender." [pdf]. 69-82.
The overarching themes of this readings were how to do theorize gender? Gender has governed 

Questions:
  1. How is Lorber's article related to what you've already read on the Second Sex for example?
  2. What does Lorber mean by gender as 
    • process?
    • stratification?  
    • structure?
  3. Is gender rooted in biology? Explain.
  4. In Kessler's article, what are the most pressing factors that contribute to how intersexed infants are assigned? What does this tell you about our society?
  5. How does Gilligan's work tie into these Lorber's and Kessler's work?

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