CH 6 Gender, Sexualities, and Intimacies (QUESTIONS)

Question 1

Biology as Ideology (3)

Answer 1

• Discussions of sex, gender, and sexuality are influenced by what people understand as the biological facts of human bodies.
• Cultural ideas of femininity and masculinity shape how we narrate biological processes.
• Gender norms dictate how people should interact with each other and with objects.

Question 2

What does Judith Butler: Gender Trouble (1990) say about gender?

Answer 2

• There is no natural basis to gender and no inherent link between gender and sex.
• Gender performativity: gender identity is formed through a set of acts.

Question 3

What is masculinity and femininity influenced by?

Answer 3

Masculinity and femininity are social-cultural phenomena; they are influenced by society and culture and can change across time and place.

Question 4

Three cases where gender and sexualities are shaped by culture

Answer 4

• Rural women and queer folks
• Reproductive justice
• Honour killings