Gender studies Gender studies Anne Fausto-Sterling, Ph.D., (born 1944) is Professor of Biology and Women's Studies at Brown University. She participates actively in the field of sexology and has written extensively on the fields of sexual identity, gender identity, and gender roles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anne Fausto-Sterling"
There are several atypical gender identities, that is, gender identities that do not correspond to the much more common ones, male and female. Gender identities are, primarily, determined by whether the individuals in question consider themselves to be boys, girls, men, women, or something else. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atypical gender identities"
Gender studies is a theoretical work in the social sciences or humanities that focuses on issues of sex and gender in language and society, and often addresses related issues including racial and ethnic oppression, postcolonial societies, and globalization. Work in gender studies influences and is influenced by the related fields of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Latino/a Studies, and Native American Studies ...more on Wikipedia about "Gender studies"
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Heteronormativity is a term used in the discussion of sexual behavior, gender, and society, primarily within the fields of queer theory and gender theory. It is used to describe (and frequently to criticize) the manner in which many social institutions and social policies are seen to reinforce certain beliefs. These include the belief that human beings fall into two distinct and complementary categories, male and female; that sexual and marital relations are normal only when between two people of different genders; and that each gender has certain natural roles in life. Thus, physical sex, gender identity, and gender roles should in any given person align to either all- male or all- female norms, and heterosexuality is considered to be the only normal sexual orientation. The norms this term describes or criticizes might be overt, covert, or implied. Those who identify and criticize heteronormativity say that it distorts discourse by stigmatizing alternative concepts of both sexuality and gender and makes certain types of self-expression more difficult. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heteronormativity"
Heterosexism is a belief or argument that male-female sexuality is the only natural or moral mode of sexual behavior, and is also used to refer to the effects of that cultural ideology. The word 'heterosexualism' has also been proposed to mean essentially the same thing. This word has been suggested as an alternative to homophobia , in part because it uses a parallel structure to sexism or racism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heterosexism"
Judith Butler (b. 1956) is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She also has a professorial appointment at the European Graduate School, where she sometimes teaches. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judith Butler"
M Kathy Rudy is an associate professor of women's studies and ethics at Duke University, ( Durham, North Carolina, USA). Rudy's work is often interdisciplinary as she merges philosophy, theology, politics, feminism, and medical ethics. She is open about her homosexuality, and is a radical social constructionist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kathy Rudy"
Laura Mulvey (born August 15, 1941) is a British feminist film theorist. She was educated at Oxford and is currently professor of film and media studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. She worked at the British Film Institute for many years before taking up her current position. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laura Mulvey"
Lauren Berlant is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She writes on issues of popular culture and on the nature of citizenship. She is the author of The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship, the title essay of which won the 1993 Norman Foerster Award for best essay of the year in American Literature. She is also author of The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia, and Everyday Life (1991). She writes on public spheres as affect worlds, where emotions take precedence over rational or deliberative thought ( Habermas) in attaching strangers to each other and shaping the terms of the state-civil society relation; but part of this work is also to see sentimentality, trauma, and related public modes not as the opposite of rationality but in a line with other cultivated ways of knowing. She has pursued this line of thought and feeling as a member of Feel Tank Chicago and on the way has edited books on Compassion (2004) and Intimacy (2001), which won an award for being the best special issue among all journals in the same year from the Academy of American Publishers, and which are interlinked with her work in feminist and queer theory in essays like "Sex in Public" (Critical Inquiry (1999)), Our Monica, Ourselves: Clinton and the Affairs of State (with Lisa Duggan, 2001) and Venus Inferred (with photographer Laura Letinsky, 2001). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lauren Berlant"
Marilyn French (1929-) American author, known for her feminist novels. In her work, French has underlined that women's suppression is an intrinsic part of the male-dominated global culture. French's 1985 "history" of patriarchy, Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals, is an impeccably documented examination of the effect of patriarchy on the world; French defines patriarchy as a system of values that holds power and control most important, and rejects life and pleasure as equally -- or MORE -- valuable. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marilyn French"
Men's studies - also sometimes called masculinity studies - is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning men, gender, and politics. As a relatively new field of study, men's studies was formed largely in response to, and as a critique of, an emerging men's rights movement - itself a response to both the real and perceived advantages brought to women by feminism political action - and has only been taught in academic settings since the 1970s. In many universities, men's studies is a correlate to or part of a larger women's studies or gender studies program, and as such its faculty tends to be sympathetic to or engaged in feminist politics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Men's studies"
Sacred feminine is the admiring and faith in the mysterious female power of sexual reproduction and female beauty. It also seems to have some relation to the so-called feminine mystique. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sacred feminine"
Street harassment, also known as catcalling, is a form of sexual harassment that takes place in public spaces, oftentimes in urban areas. Street harassment is usually harassment of women by men. Some analysts of this phenomenon have termed it a relentless form of harassment that reminds women of their constant vulnerability to assault in public spaces and the ubiquitous objectification of women in everyday life. ...more on Wikipedia about "Street harassment"
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Susan McClary is a musicologist considered to be a significant figure in the " New Musicology". She is noted for her work combining musicology and feminism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Susan McClary"
"Constructions of Subjectivity in Franz Schubert's Music" was originally a presentation in which highly controversial musicologist Susan McClary set about to discuss how Franz Schubert's music may have been affected by his sexuality. At the time she was influenced by Maynard Solomon's allegations of Schuberts same-sex erotic activities in his "Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini." Following a presentation at the American Musicological Society in 1990 and a much sanitized but ill received version to the annual Schubertiade in 1992 the latter safe version was printed in the Gay/Lesbian Study Group Newsletter. Following evidence against Solomon's conclusions, the essay was renamed, again revised, and printed in Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Susan McClary's constructions of subjectivity in Franz Schubert's music"
Women's studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. It often includes feminist theory, women's history (eg history of women's suffrage) and social history, women's literature, women's health, and the feminist and gender studies-influenced practice of most of the humanities and social sciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Women's studies"
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