Analysis Of Bonnie Norton 's ' The Question ' Who Am I ' Essay

My chosen academic journal article is Contesting silence, claiming space: gender and sexuality in the neo-liberal public high school by Susan W. Woolley. This article examines how educational institutions and its actors introduce and reinforce a heteronormative binary ideology, and reject any non-normativity that may occur. Through this deep-rooted theoretical framework, high school students struggle to freely explore individual interpretations of sexuality and

Patricia J. Williams, a renowned legal scholar from Harvard Law, studies and defends issues of society and how it intertwines with race, law, and power; furthermore, she is a mother, which makes her stance of her argument even stronger along side of her credentials (“Patricia”). In Williams article, Are We Worried About Storm’s Identity—or Our Own in 2011,she provides a broad-spectrum of societal problematic topics as a comparison of this gender identity crisis; furthermore, it aids her argument by providing insight and familiarity to a topic the common person would not feel comfortable thinking about. She is not arguing that gender neutrality is a need, but rather a choice

In Octavia Butler’s Dawn the idea of gender is deconstructed and reformed from the typical human’s definition. Often people do not consider the role of gender in society today. Usually the first thing one notices when meeting someone new is their gender or their presumed gender. However, there becomes a problem when the person whose gender we perceived identifies as a different gender. Butler forces the reader to examine how they judge and perceive gender. While the ooloi are actually “its” their personalities seem to imply a certain gender. The transgender community often brings up this issue because these assumptions of gender based on our judgments of what defines a male and what defines a female can skew how a transgender person is treated and addressed. In Chapter One of Gender Through the Prism of Difference by Anne Fausto-Sterling, the idea of expanding the number of genders based on one’s biological differences is examined through the five sexes theory. By now the concept of gender being defined solely by one’s biology has mostly been left in the past but the question remains of how do we truly define gender? How does being outside of the social norms that Michael Warner talks about cause us to feel shame when discussing our gender and our perceptions of gender? In this essay, I will argue that preconceived notions of gender create shame when a person’s own perception of their gender does not fit the social norms. This stigma around the limited and strict definitions

In Tiffany Hendrickson’s essay, Talking in Color: Collision of Cultures (2013), she argues that we should not be defined by the sound of our voice. Hendrickson supports her argument of ethical appeal by comparing dialects, race relations, and environments to eliminate the stigmas of having to change your voice in order to be accepted in a perceived “correct world” based on ethnicity. In writing this essay, she recounts her own personal struggle in order to bring recognition to the power of having your own voice, no matter your color. Hendrickson shares her personal narrative with the goal to educate and disprove those with preconceived discriminatory views that individuals from a specific race should speak in a vernacular that defines their

Gloria Anzaldúa was a Texas-born, lesbian, Latina, feminist, that wrote about many of her personal experiences and views of the diverse background she grew up in. Growing up a certain culture at home and being in a country with a different culture, brings along a lot of self-identifying issues. Gloria Anzaldúa uses various strategies and languages to write this powerful piece by code-switching, quoting others, diction, and rhetorical questions. Anzaldúa’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” speaks about the social issues that Latinos face involving identity, language, and sexism.

"Gender Stereotyping in the English Language" written by Laurel Richardson in 2003, Richardson argues people use the English language in such a way that limits, depreciates and ultimately dehumanizes women . Richardson develops and supports this theory by proposing the notion that historically, women have not only been limited by the terms used to describe them, but women are raised to think they must be confined to subservient jobs,  that customarily require less skill. Richardson's purpose through writing this article is to highlight an issue often overlooked, in order to promote the appropriate and equitable use of the English Language. The author intends for this principle to be turned into practice among women, men and children developing linguistic habits.

From our text, Race, Class, and Gender, we read Unit III E: The Structure of Social Institutions; The State and Violence: Policing the National Body: Sex, Race, and Criminalization; The Color of Justice; Rape, racism, and the Law; and Interpreting and Experiencing Anti-Queer Violence : Race, Class, and Gender Differences among LGBT Hate Crime Victims. We also encountered and excerpt from Social Work Practice With a Difference; The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman. The first four reading from our text explore the association of the manner in which state power organizes race, class, and gender. We also get a view of how the intersectional approach of race, class, and gender may help us to understand some forms

Through out history society has created many stereotypes and assumptions based on race and nationality to confine us into categories. The reality is not every individual fits a specific category because we are unique even within the same ethnicity group. In “On Being Told I Don’t Speak Like a Black Person” Allison Joseph illustrates some speech stereotypes that come hand in hand with her racial background and how even people from the same racial background and house hold don’t all sound a like. The author portrays that race and linguistic has a huge impact on our daily life and how society sees her different to others. Also, her own identity is being put in to question base on a linguistic stereotype. Furthermore, base on ones racial orientation society already have a certain expectation of what they assume the person is capable of and an expectation of how one acts like. When we put stereotypes on individuals we discrediting the individuals identity, we are making those people part of a group base on a assumption and stereotypes can not be used to describe a who group because not everyone fits into a certain category.

In “A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality”, Lynn Weber claims that categories such as race and gender are socially constructed. In this paper, I will defend Weber’s claim with a particular focus on gender and gender identity, with gender being defined as a state of masculinity or femininity which is either based on the sex of a person or on their personal identification (Oxford Dictionaries). I will first explore the for and against arguments to Weber’s position, then in my own response, I will argue that gender is a social construct as gendered behaviour is learned over time, and that gender is contextual in nature. Additionally, I will explore the implications of the social construction of gender in

In “Transgender People of Color at the Center: Conceptualizing a New Intersectional Model,” Kylan Mattias de Vries explores the “link (between) multifaceted social positions to institutional and structural inequalities” (21). More specifically, the author hypothesizes that the trans population experiences gender as intersectional, along with “race, class and sexuality” (4).

Socioeconomic status is generally determined by a person’s income, occupation, and education, as per the American Psychological Association these can “reveal inequalities in access to resources, plus issues related to privilege, power and control” (2016). Therefore, I will be discussing the social location that surrounds my education. In this social location, I have attributes that are a privilege and traits distinguished as oppressors as per the Intertesting axes of privilege, domination, and oppression (Diller, Houston, Morgan, & Ayim, 1996). I am Caucasian, twenty-three-years-old, I solely speak English and I am heterosexual. I was born and raised in Canada, I continue to engage in Canadian culture and follow Canadian tradition. I was raised a catholic and although I do not practice religion, Catholicism influences my decisions and morals. These ascribed and socialized characteristics are privileges in this social location. Aspects considered oppressors are, my ability I have depression and anxiety, as well as I am female, Bogo (2006) highlights groups who are considered to have less power in society, women and those with disabilities were included. My experience in this social location has been impacted due to these factors.

Justene glanced at the sign standing outside of the double doors to the lecture hall of her college’s conference building that read “Oppression and Privilege: A Lecture on the Problems of Oppression and Privilege in Our Society. Guest Speakers Peggy McIntosh, Marilyn Frye, and Allan G. Johnson.” She continued through the door and found her friend Ashley, giving her a brief hug before taking her seat, wondering why she had let Ashley talk her into coming to this lecture in the first place. Ashley was a Philosophy major and dedicated her life to knowing all about current issues and heavily debated topics. Justene on the other hand, was a Human Development and Family Studies major who was way

How we view each other based on our multiple identities can include more than just discrimination, it can influence how we conduct our lives and relationships. In Sonja D. Curry-Johnson’s article “Weaving an Identity Tapestry,” she talks about how her multiple identities do, in fact, influence her personal life and her relationships. As an educated, married, feminist, Christian, African-American women, she speaks about how it is often difficult to reconcile the differences that each of those identities have with each other. Often, she says, some of her feminist friends tease her for being a stay-at-home mom even though she is a college-educated feminist. She argues, that while she is as an educated feminist, it is her chose to live her life in the way that she does. The act of choosing is feminist in her view. (Curry-Johnson, Page

The argument that “people who haven’t lived their whole lives as women, shouldn’t get to define us” which is presented in Elinor Burkett’s article "What Makes a Woman", is very biased and could be strengthened. The conclusion that people who hasn’t lived their entire life as a woman shouldn’t define a women is based on Burkett’s opinion of Bruce Jenner coming out as Caitlyn Jenner. The premises are all very dependant on each other, the support for Burkett’s propositions are easily challenged because for the majority it is all just an opinion. In this essay I will go through the articles most important propositions and assess whether the premises are supported and also if they can be improved.

The following paper will discuss two of the major dimensions of my cultural identity, and analyze the way in which my identity holds privileges, or has exposed me to oppression. Being that I am white, I have lived a life of privilege simply because of the color of my skin. I have been afforded opportunities, and lived a life free from persecution due to my skin color. I have also lived a life that has been impacted by oppression because of my female identity. This unique position between privilege and oppression is where I live my life.