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What does the term 'Gender Queer' refer to?
What does the term 'Gender Queer' refer to?
What is the significance of the year 1969?
What is the significance of the year 1969?
What is transvestism associated with?
What is transvestism associated with?
Who is the founder of the National Organisation for Woman (NOW)?
Who is the founder of the National Organisation for Woman (NOW)?
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Who theorised about abjection?
Who theorised about abjection?
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Who coined the term 'corporeal feminism'?
Who coined the term 'corporeal feminism'?
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Who defined Cyborgs as hybrid entities made of organic creatures and technological systems?
Who defined Cyborgs as hybrid entities made of organic creatures and technological systems?
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What is the term for the mode of thinking that assumes gender differences are innate and transcultural?
What is the term for the mode of thinking that assumes gender differences are innate and transcultural?
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Who wrote the essay 'Thinking Sex'?
Who wrote the essay 'Thinking Sex'?
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Who wrote the seminal text that explicates the constructed nature of gender?
Who wrote the seminal text that explicates the constructed nature of gender?
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Which month is celebrated as Pride Month?
Which month is celebrated as Pride Month?
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What is the term for the patterned system of ideological and material practices that make and remake power relations between women and men?
What is the term for the patterned system of ideological and material practices that make and remake power relations between women and men?
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What is the term for the ideology that privileges heterosexual people, relationships, behaviors, and attitudes?
What is the term for the ideology that privileges heterosexual people, relationships, behaviors, and attitudes?
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Who wrote the manifesto 'The Woman-Identified Woman'?
Who wrote the manifesto 'The Woman-Identified Woman'?
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What is the key concept in queer theory and transgender studies that relates to the establishment of heterosexuality and gender roles as normal and natural?
What is the key concept in queer theory and transgender studies that relates to the establishment of heterosexuality and gender roles as normal and natural?
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Which author wrote 'The Feminine Mystique', a seminal text in second-wave feminism?
Which author wrote 'The Feminine Mystique', a seminal text in second-wave feminism?
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Study Notes
Key Concepts in Gender and Feminist Studies
- Cyborgs are defined as "post-Second World War hybrid entities, made of, first, ourselves and other organic creatures in our unchosen, high-technological guise as information systems, texts, and ergonomically controlled labouring, desiring, and reproducing systems" by Donna Haraway.
Essentialism and Gender
- Essentialism is the belief that all manifestations of gender difference are innate and transcultural and historical.
- Ann Oakley's "Sex, Gender and Society" is a seminal text that explicates the constructed nature of gender.
Gender and Power Relations
- Gender order refers to a patterned system of ideological and material practices, performed by individuals in a society, through which power relations between women and men are made, and remade, as meaningful.
Heterosexism and Queer Theory
- Heterosexism is an ideology that privileges heterosexual people, relationships, behaviours, and attitudes.
- Heteronormativity is a key concept in queer theory and transgender studies that relates how heterosexuality and complementary masculine and feminine gender roles are established, discursively and politically, as normal and natural.
Gender Identity and Expression
- Gender queer refers to individuals who identify as a combination of man and woman, neither man or woman, or both man and woman, or someone who rejects commonly held ideas of static gender identities and, occasionally, sexual orientations.
- Transvestism refers to the cross-dressing associated with nonheterosexual behaviour.
Key Figures and Events
- The Stonewall Riots, a significant event in the gay liberation movement, happened in 1969.
- The founder of National Organisation for Woman (NOW) is Betty Friedan.
- Julia Kristeva is known for theorizing about abjection.
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick wrote "Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire".
- Gayle Rubin wrote the seminal essay "Thinking Sex" in the field of Queer Studies.
- Alice Walker is the founder of Womanism.
Feminist Waves and Key Concepts
- Consciousness Raising (CR) was a key aspect of Second Wave feminism.
- Liberal feminism began in the 19th century.
- June is celebrated as the Pride Month.
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Explore key concepts in gender and feminist studies, including cyborgs, essentialism, and gender differences. Understand the perspectives of influential thinkers like Donna Haraway and Ann Oakley.
