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IDENTITY Chap Seven

REASONS FOR CONTEMPLATING IDENTITY  Important Part of American Culture:  Reinvention of Ourselves – Liberation & Optimism  Becoming Control over our identities when the outside world becomes less stable (increasing loss of faith in government) Exploring the issue of identity as part of discovering self You are in SOC 103 and it is on the syllabus

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY  Gender, Race, Class  Largely a creation of societal institutions , reflection of relations of power  Family  Religion  Education  State/Judicial Power  Media  Normal vs. The Other

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OTHER FACTORS  Privilege: Advantage one has based on circumstances of their birth and other factors over which they have no control  Stereotypes: Preconceived ideas or notions related to perceived characteristics of a group, power relations

GENDER  Sex: Biological Identity assigned to an individual based on physiological factors (reproductive organs & hormones)  Gender: Social Construction of our sex based on physical and behavioral representations of the self , way males & females are conceptualized  Judith Butler  Gender is performance:  Presentation, clothing, speech patterns, physical movement

PATTERN IS ESTABLISHED BEFORE BIRTH!  Gender Reveal Parties/Baby Showers:  Name  Design of Baby’s Room  Clothing  Gifts

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TOYS  Boys: Physical Activity, Building  Girls: Passive Play, Nurturing, Homemaking  JC Penney vs. Target

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WOMAN  Beauty Myth: Concept of a woman’s beauty as a method of control  Universal Standard of Beauty  Aging is not beautiful  Challenge to Women’s Empowerment (only beauty is valued)

TERMS  Transgender: Gender identity or gender expressions that is different than assigned at birth  Cisgender: Non-transgender (straight)  Gender Queer: resisting gender binaries, identifies outside of male/female binaries  Heteronormativity: perception that sexuality/sexual relations between a man and a woman is normal, and anything else is deviant

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