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Gender and Culture
Sewall 2626; Aiken; Gender and Culture Univ of CO at Boulder
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History
Undergraduate 1
01/26/2010

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gender
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the set of cultural meanings that a society applies to sex differences
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gender role construction
Definition
a culture's prescription or expectation for male/female behavior; the boundaries for public expressions of gender identity
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biological determinism
Definition
genetic build up determines whether male or female
KIMMEL
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woman as "other"
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I=self and things not myself = other
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feme sole
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English law, single women +21 had rights to make contracts and hold property
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feme covert
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english low a mrried women was covered by her husband, no property, no contracts, no personal income
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household economy
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colonial. household hierarchy. women had more power thru informal channels. Woloch
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communal manhood
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man's identity was inseparable from the duties he owed to his community. Colonial period
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Edeton Tea Ladies
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one of the earliest organized women's political actions, in response to the Tea Act, calling for a boycott of British tea and other products
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Republican Motherhood
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women responsible for raising moral and virtuous future leaders, their sons
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self-made man
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men must be self controlled, they are less pure, must prove self sufficient and climb the social ladder
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separation of spheres
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colonial period= spheres overlapped. revolution = completely separate. middle class construction. male= harsh, women sphere=soft
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True womanhood
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woman characterized by purity, piety, submissiveness. raised moral children. more in public role
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"the fundamental principle of moral being"
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men and women have same moral nature. men and women should have = rights both in politics and society
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Seneca Falls, 1848
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women's rights convention in New York. stepping stone. recognize they are a movement
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Sojourner Truth
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african american abolitionist and womesn rights activist. "aint I a woman?" sppech.
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identity
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a person's innner sense of her/ himself as masculine, feminine, or something else
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