Kristen Schilt: Article Analysis

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

Elizabeth Blevins quoted Neil Carpathios in an article saying “’ [Stacey Waite] dares to explore and write about the often complicated terrain of gender, sexuality and societal perceptions of the self, the body and desire.’” Waite is slowly helping everyone break away from the idea that gender is a solid tangible concept. In “The Kind of Man I am at the DMV” written by Stacey Waite, traditional gender roles are being challenged by explaining that transgender people are the same as everyone else and pointing out the ignorance that some have towards less commonly recognized genders.

In this article, the author explores males who dance for women, otherwise known as MDW. The article explores two main facets of MDW, the way the male dancers interact with the female patrons and how the male dancers present themselves in a hyper-masculine manner. The author explores these two main topics at a club he calls Dandelion’s. Over 18 months, the author conducted in-depth interviews with 42 male dancers. The dancers ranged from 22-44 years of age and identified as heterosexual. The author goes to Dandelion’s every Friday and Saturday night from September 2009 to March 2011 to conduct observational research.

In their article, Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet describe some of the variances between a boy and a girl and how they are treated which is essentially the idea of being “gendered” is all about. Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet make some incredibly well supported arguments to illustrate that our gender is a very important trait and it’s development is a lifelong process. Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet talk about how adults act towards boys and girls in which they

This article was written by Lisa Broidy and Robert Agnew and published in the Social Forces journal, a peer reviewed journal. Being published in a peer reviewed journal ensures the articles reliability. This article goes on about why men are much more likely to riot then women might be. It says how historically men are more prone to violence then women. It tries to figure out why men might be more like to riot and comes up with multiple conclusions. This is extremely relevant to my source as in my primary source, although there are riots, no women are in them. The lack of women shown rioting will be brought up and this article can help me discuss that point.

Second, the male woman is portrayed as a member of male team who can stand on her on by “learning to be assertive within her male colleague environment, have a rough and harsh voice, dress practically and tend to acquire unhealthy lifestyle such as bad sleeping habits, smokes, drinks” (Flicker 311). To some extent, this ‘male woman’ female scientist is parallel to the character of male scientist who is often times portrayed as “hard, very diligent worker, absent minded, confused or worse, mad (Haynes quoted in Flicker 311). More to this, in term of femininity, this female scientist does not have such quality, rather she is seen as asexual characteristic. Even though, her

Early on Quindlen writes, “It was wonderful to think of the time when it would no longer be there, when the school gym would be a great meeting ground in which we would mingle freely, girl and boy, boy and girl, person to person, all alike” (125). Basically, Quindlen is saying that she wishes the social spheres of women and men were not there so that both parties could mingle openly. Here many would probably object that a single kid’s party is not that reflective of the gender issues, however, Quindlen objects that this divide extends to the workforce as she states “I’ve spent a lot of time telling myself that men and women are fundamentally alike, mainly in the service of arguing that women should not only be permitted but be welcomed into a variety of positions and roles only men occupied” (125). Essentially, she adds further evidence to substantiate the claim that socialization can cause gender disparity. Moreover, she insists that though socialization brought about gender differences, it can also shorten the divide between the sexes. Quindlen, herself, testifies “My elder son has one of his best friends over, and he does not care that she is a girl, and she does not care that he is a boy” (127). The point is that the younger generation—as cheesy as it sounds—has the power to mitigate or even destroy the divides that exist among the sexes. Ultimately, what is at stake here is the future of the way gender will be viewed: perhaps all of society will come to accept gays, lesbians, and transexsuals; or perhaps women will hold more managerial positions. All in all, Quindlen’s claim gives us a sense that gender the expectations of today can be challenged or

In chapter seven, of Social Inequality Forms, Causes, and Consequences, gender identity and sexual orientation are discussed. The chapter discusses transgender;

Wellness is expressed in functional, environmental, intellectual, psychological, spiritual, social and biological dimension of the human experience within the context of culture (Touhy and Jett, 2016, p.7). It is important to keep these values in mind when caring for people of any age. Strategies that help promote healthy aging in the presence of normal age-related changes include educating clients on what is “normal in the aging process. Encourage active living, healthy eating and mental and emotional well-being.

In this article, the multiple authors go into depth on how the APOE E4 gene mutation may be attained and if nationality may contribute to this risk factor gene. The prevalence of this mutation is thought to occurred from contemporary environmental conditions. This claim is backed up with examples of these harmful contemporary environmental conditions. As the article grows, the nationally factor is explained using a series of charts and data. Within these charts are people listed with their country, age, and percentage of APOE e4 gene. Thus, allowing the data to be tested in order to back up

This source showed how embarrassing and humiliating punishments affect your child in a negative way. It gave examples from real-life news stories as well as provided information as to how it affects the child’s relationship with the parent. The information was posted in May of 2012, which is quite some time back. The author quoted two news stories (which would require research) as well as quoting multiple professors such as Jennifer Lansford, a research professor at Duke University's Center for Child and Family Policy. The author of the article, Rachael Rettner, is a health reporter for LiveScience. The website, LiveScience, provides lots of different articles on many topics ranging from health to history. This source is mainly fact, as it

In chapter nine of The Real World, Ferris and Stein (2014) describe the construction of gender and sexuality in society. They start out by defining sex and gender are not interchangeable, but sex is biological and gender is defined by social or cultural aspects (Ferris & Stein, 2014, p. 243). Furthermore, gender inequality was introduced into the chapter by expressing that in the past, females had less power in society because of their biological differences from males (Ferris & Stein, 2014, p. 246). Although, biological differences are not the only reason why gender inequality exists in society today. For instance, from a functionalist perspective, certain characteristics make women and men better suited for certain jobs (Ferris & Stein, 2014,

The first article is “The Social Construction of Gender” by Judith Lorber. In this essay she states that sex and gender is constructed through the society in which we live and that, “Gender is so pervasive that in our society we assume it is bred into our genes” (Lorber, 64). Lorber’s article takes the standpoint that physical gender expression is such an important topic to individuals because when the conventions of gender are shifted, “we feel socially dislocated” (65). An example of this is when people who are not used to gender shifts encounter a “transvestite,” or in modern terms a transgender person, their perceptions are disrupted. If someone does not express physical gender “normally” with their bodies—i.e. a

Kailey (2005) started off Just Add Hormones by introducing the terms sex and gender as individual and different words in definition. He also spoke about how transgendered people take much longer to transition than what people frequently assume. Most people assume that one surgery can make a male a female, or a female a male. The book overall discusses the stereotypes transgender people have, and how those stereotype dehumanize regular people. The book shows accurate differences between being female and being male. It allows readers to fully understand Kailey’s (2005) experiences in every aspect of life in both a male and female lense. The book is going to be helpful because it compares and contrasts life as a male to life as a female. This perspective is going to support all three of the themes: gender socialization in the workplace, gender roles in relationships and gender socialization in family, because it contains Kailey’s perspective in

Argued in Eckert and McConnell-Ginet (2003:15), living up to our gender is learning through a life-long process of socialization. Further supported in Kulick and Schieffelin (2006:352), one’s gender emerges over a lifetime through interactive process in which one accepts, rejects, or modifies the cultural and gender norms they are socialized in. These two arguments supported the idea of this essay’s research question in which cultural and social factors do contribute to gendering an individual, and in turn implicating the creation of a boundary that exclude transgenders from the society.