Gender Idenitity

Question 1

What is gender ?

Answer 1

Socially constructed ideas of how different sexes should behave in social terms

Question 2

Theories for creation and reinforcement of gender identities ?

Answer 2

• family : Ann Oakley
• peer groups : Sue Lees
• Mary Daly: beyond God the father

Question 3

What does peer group Sue Lees look at ?

Answer 3

Looks at pressure on teenage girls peers

Question 4

What does Sue Lees say there is in groups?

Answer 4

Double standards on girl and boys sexual behaviour

Question 5

What terms are used to control behavior according to Sue Lees ?

Answer 5

Slag used to control girls behavior but boys are not policed in the same way

Question 6

What does the terms used do according to Sue Lees ?

Answer 6

Raises status of boys and lower girls

Question 7

What does Mary Daly argue for recreation and reinforce gender identities

Answer 7

Women are part of ‘planetary sexual caste system ‘

Question 8

What is planetary sexual caste system ?

Answer 8

A state where the whole world is sexist which religion mantains

Question 9

What are the ways religion socially controls women into accepting patriarchy according to Mary Daly ?

Answer 9

1. Women inferior as Gods will
2. God is masculine

Question 10

What is women’s inferiority as God’s will ?

Answer 10

Christians says women inferior position has been ordained by God

Question 11

What is God is masculine ?

Answer 11

God is portrayed as a man and father so places women inferior position to women

Question 12

What does Sue Sharpe for changing femininity ?

Answer 12

Sue sharpe interviewed girls in 1970 and 1990 on gender
- education : 1970 girls wanted to leave school at 16 , 1990 girls want to stay in school till at least 18
- work : 1970 girls limited to office work but 1990 girls widened aspirations through science
- marriage : 1990 girls want to marry late and share domestic roles

Question 13

Theory for gender identities changing ?

Answer 13

• Griffin : hypersexual
• sue sharpe
• ban bossy

Question 14

What does hyper sexual according to griffin present to women ?

Answer 14

Difficulties to women

Question 15

What are the difficulties hyper sexual present for women?

Answer 15

• encouraged to be sassy and independent
• look act sexy and pornified

Question 16

What does griffin argue hyper sexual reflect ?

Answer 16

Expectations of hegemonic femininity , women need to be attractive for men and hyper sexual femininity benefits patriarchy

Question 17

What does run like a girl campaign argue for changing gender identities ?

Answer 17

“Run like a girl” or “throw like a girl” are not compliments

Question 18

What has run like girl campaign done

Answer 18

But campaign turned into positive and challenge stereotypes underpinning them

Question 19

How has run like girl affected girls

Answer 19

Drops confidence and consider it as insult