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Connell argues that
Masculinities are produced together with femininities
Masculinities do not exist prior to social action
What is the title of Raewyn Connell’s essay?
Masculinities and Globalization
In Allan Johnson’s essay he argues that patriarchy is
A system we all participate in
Patriarchy is about
Standards of feminine beauty and masculine toughness
Images of feminine vulnerability and masculine protectiveness
The core value of domination and control in every area of human existence
Why does Johnson emphasize that patriarchy is a system?
Because it means that it can’t be reduced to the behavior of individual people
Nomy Lamm begins her essay talking about a “concept we need all be aware of” and speak of often. What is the concept?
Revolution
What is unusual about Lamm’s essay?
She writes as if she is talking using non-academic style and language
What does Lamm say has affected her body image the most?
She is fat
In focusing on fat oppression, where does Lamm say she gets the message that “fat is ugly”?
From her experiences with family and friends
From the media
Lamm writes “according to _______, I don’t exist”
Mainstream feminist theory
What is the title of Betsy Lucal’s essay?
“What It Means To Be Gendered Me”
Lucal discusses another author we read previously in this course. Who is it?
Judith Lorber
Lucal’s article summarizes her experience as:
A woman who is often mistaken for a man
The title to Dorothy Allison’s essay is
A Question Of Class
Allison writes, “ I am _____ in a world that hates _____, and ______ in a world that despises ______”
Queer, queers, poor, the poor
When does Allison recognize she has been grouped into the notion of the “mythical poor” that glamorizes her conditions of poverty?
When she attends school in Florida
Allison explains that the majority of people believe what about poverty?
That it is a voluntary condition
Allison argues that her sexual identity
Is condemned by traditional feminists Is connected to her class background
Anzaldúa’s chapter is unique because she
Writes in Spanish and English
According to Anzaldúa, most people fear
The supernatural
Who does Anzaldúa connect her Chicana identity to?
Indigenous native women from the past
Where did Anzaldúa grow up?
Texas
Which two institutions does Anzaldúa critique as creating a tyranny?
Culture and the church
In the “pretending to be gay” section, Raymond argues that
Straight characters pretend to be gay in order to gain more power (which masks heteronormative power )
What does GLBT stand for?
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
According to some arguments, what show was cancelled because its main character was gay?
Ellen
The title of Diane Raymond’s essay is
Popular Culture and Queer Representation: A Critical Perspective
Raymond explains that “queer” is a term that
Was once a homophobic slur
Has been reappropriated for GLBT identities
Is an open-ended term that is not “fixed”
Is more universalizing that minoritizing
Raymond looks at three patterns in the genre of television she studies. They are:
Increased appearance of GLBT characters, the “gay pretender”, and the “straight-mistaken-for-gay”
What genre of television show does Raymond focus on as a whole?
Situation comedies
Raymond chooses this particular genre because
Viewers know it doesn’t reflect “reality” and is more playful
