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Which author/chapter is associated with Pamela George?

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Razak

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Which author/chapter is associated with interracial coupling?

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Kitossa and Deliosky

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Which author/chapter is associated with gender and race?

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Kitossa and Deliosky, Razak, The Gendered Society (Sexualities: Gendered Desires)

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Which author/chapter is associated with othering and national belonging?

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Anjla

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Which author/chapter is associated with the African diaspora?

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Creese

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Which author/chapter is associated with sex and sexuality?

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Sexualities: Gendered Desires (The Gendered Society), West and Zimmerman (2015)

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Which author/chapter is associated with the body as a text of femininity?

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Bordo

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Which author/chapter is associated with masculine bodies?

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Atkinson

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Which author/chapter is associated with sexualisation of culture?

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Sexualities: Gendered Desires (The Gendered Society)

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Which author/chapter is associated with compulsory heterosexuality?

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Sexualities: Gendered Desires (The Gendered Society)

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Which author/chapter is associated with gender and disability?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with sex testing?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with bodily transformations?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with women’s hockey?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with racial violence?

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Razak

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Which author/chapter is associated with racial profiling?

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Kitossa and Deliosky

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Which author/chapter is associated with colonial discourse?

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Anjla

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Which author/chapter is associated with gendered diasporas?

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Creese

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Which author/chapter is associated with doing gender?

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West and Zimmerman (2015)

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Which author/chapter is associated with Susan Bordo?

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Bordo: The body and the reconstruction of femininity

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Which author/chapter is associated with male femininity?

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Atkinson

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Which author/chapter is associated with history of sexuality?

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Sexualities: Gendered Desires (The Gendered Society)

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Which author/chapter is associated with cybersex?

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Sexualities: Gendered Desires (The Gendered Society)

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Which author/chapter is associated with sexual consent?

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Sexualities: Gendered Desires (The Gendered Society)

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Which author/chapter is associated with Caster Semenya?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with fat, gender and muscle?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with gender and health?

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The Gendered Society - The gendered body: prescriptions and inscriptions

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Which author/chapter is associated with masculine hegemony?

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Atkinson

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What are the key ideas in Pamela George?

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Aboriginal sex worker murdered by two white men - evidences how colonialism and space is significant when it comes to understanding gender and racialisation. It emphasises how gender and race are socially constructed

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What are the key ideas in interracial coupling?

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examines the different reactions to interracial couples, from those who are accepting to those who are not (even in a multicultural society - showing how while it might be common, it’s not yet normalised). It examines whether white partners are aware of racial profiling

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What are the key ideas in gender and race?

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both are socially constructed, and sexism and racism have been used to justify white/male superiority. Both can change over time and vary across cultures. Can be linked to scientific racism (eugenics) and colonialism.

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What are the key ideas in othering and national belonging?

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us/them boundary
where are you really from?
Assimilation though western dress, language we choose to speak, skin lightening creams
whiteness as a symbol of purity

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What are the key ideas in the African diaspora?

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Diaspora: the dispersion of any people from their original homeland
A central element of the migration process from Africa to Canada involves a process of racialisation in which one “becomes black”
cultural differences, the development of ‘hybrid’ identities
generational differences in how one expresses their identity

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What are the key ideas in sex and sexuality?

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Define sex: a social act
Define sexuality: lies at the interface of biology and culture
Patriarchal control over female sexuality - in many cultures, fathers and brothers have the control
Western view of sexuality marked by Christianity
Assumption that sex and sexuality are linked

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What are the key ideas in the body as a text of femininity?

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Looked at neurasthenia and hysteria, agoraphobia, anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The symptomatology associated with these disorders are symbolic and political meanings which are reminiscent of gender (the governing of gender) - loss of mobility, loss of voice, inability to leave the home, feeding others while starving oneself. The idea that the emancipated body fits with the feminine body ideal.

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What are the key ideas in masculine bodies?

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Men use cosmetic surgery to negotiate their masculine identity. Men’s bodies are re-worked in feminine ways - this can be read as an admission of weakness BUT acts of cosmetic surgery are implicitly self-violent - thus reproducing the stereotype that masculinity is linked with violence. Idea that male authority had been dislodged by the presence of women in economic and political spheres

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What are the key ideas in sexualisation of culture?

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Began in the 17th century, according to Foucault. The term refers to the increased openness and availability of sexual imagery and information, including pornography. Sexual and romantic intimacy have been altered by digital communication (internet, online communications, telephones)

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What are the key ideas in compulsory heterosexuality?

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Theorised by Adrienne Rich in 1980. Heterosexuality is made compulsory through a variety of social mechanisms. Feminist theory and LGBT activism are challenging and breaking down compulsory heterosexuality.

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What are the key ideas in gender and disability?

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Universal construction of ‘male’ as able-bodied. Recognition of ableism, increased risks of disabled people

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What are the key ideas in sex testing?

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Women in sports - linked to sexism and power. Issue of testosterone - but what about other natural features which put an athlete at a disadvantage?

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What are the key ideas in bodily transformations?

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Different ways of body modification - tattoos, piercings, cosmetic surgery, SRS

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What are the key ideas in racial violence?

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Can be looked at in relation to colonialism - see Pamela George

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What are the key ideas in racial profiling?

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The controlling and regulating of marginalised populations. The news media plays an important role in shaping the understanding of racial profiling
Many African-American’s take part in ‘race-proofing’ whereby they socialise their children to anticipate, identify and respond to any potential situations of individual and systemic racism. There are different responses to racial profiling.

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What are the key ideas in colonial discourse?

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Coexisting ideas of both desire and revulsion. Fears over immigration. Can question the treatment of racialised bodies.

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What are the key ideas in gendered diasporas?

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Can be linked to a crisis in masculinity - we can look at how different genders respond to migration. Men have to re-define and negotiate their masculine identity.

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What are the key ideas in doing gender?

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Gender is something that one does within interaction with others
Gender as performative (e.g. cross dressers)
Gender isn’t a property of an individual, but it is a feature of social situations

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What are the key ideas in Susan Bordo?

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The body can be used as a protest

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What are the key ideas in male femininity?

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Femininity through cosmetic surgery to re-define masculinity

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What are the key ideas in history of sexuality?

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Existence of patriarchal control over female sexuality

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What are the key ideas in cybersex?

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Sex enabled by the internet - teledildonics (virtual sex toys). These can be controlled by the partner, sexting
and virtual worlds

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What are the key ideas in sexual consent?

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Sexual consent scale developed by Terry Humphreys
Sexual consent scale measures six different domains related to consent
Humphreys and Kennett developed the reasons for consenting to unwanted sex scale - giving 18 reasons based on findings from previous studies

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What are the key ideas in Caster Semenya?

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2009, won a gold medal at the world championships (and record time for a woman in 2009). She was subject to sex testing

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What are the key ideas in fat, gender and muscle?

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linked to ideas surrounding body norms and healthy eating. Charles Atlas - dynamic tension program that would develop the muscles of skinny men (this was marketed in the 40s through a media campaign that depicted skinny men losing their girlfriends to, and being mocked by, larger, more muscly men)
It is not just the media that promotes such ideas, but the medical world too (thus there was the introduction of standard height and weight tables)
1990s: obesity epidemic and fat shaming

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What are the key ideas in gender and health?

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male bodies are used as ‘stand-ins’ for universal health studies. Gendered nature of sexual health (e.g. HIV/AIDS) and it’s links to geography

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What are the key ideas in masculine hegemony?

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gender equality movements question masculine hegemony

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