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March 12th
Sign in, deposit cards Finish Chasing Amy Discussion Lecture 6: The Gendered Body Film Clips:
“My Angry Vagina” “Private Dick”
Homework: Steinem, Gloria “If Men Could Menstruate” (CR)
http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/steinem.menstruate.html
Research project #2
Lecture 6
The Gendered Body
Constructing the Body
Bodies are not purely biological, but socially constructed The “ideal” male/female body
Culture affects how we understand our physical bodies and what we do to achieve the ideal form
Ancient Chinese Foot Binding
10th – 20th century
Young girls and women’s feet were bound to stop growth
4-5 “ in length
“Hourglass Figure”: Corset and Bustle
Gender, Culture, and the Body Female Circumcision or FGC
Clitoridotomy Clitoridectomy Infibulation
Breast Augmentation
American Gendered Body Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery
Vaginoplasty Labiaplasty Hymen repair
Penis Enlargement Procedures Self treatment Surgery
Is there a NORMAL or perfect penis/vagina…
Private Dick and Vagina Monologues
Bodies and Sexual Politics
The physical body is linked to power in our society We often view men as ‘more’ powerful because of their
physical strength The biological characteristics of those in power are valued
above those with less power
Several contexts in society in which those in power use women’s bodies to: Exclude them Justify inequality
Race, the Body, and Gender Politics The female body is politicized as a place where race
and gender are enacted Race, ethnicity, and class are important aspects of
American beauty ideals
Society has often judged all women using the white female body as the standard Hair? Body Type? Facial Features?
The Athletic Body: Reinforcing Standards?
Racialized Sexualities: Then
Hottentot Venus (Sarah Barttman) Brought to Europe in the
1800’s Represented ‘deviant
sexuality’ thru her body Died in 1815 and she
dissected and her genitalia and buttocks were on display till 1970’s
Racialized Sexualities: Now
How does this picture compare to the one of the Hottentot Venus? Reduced to her body
parts Animalistic Racial sexualization