Presentation Question Week 5

How have women of any race, class, sexuality, and physicality been shaped by society's norm of: " 'true' womanhood" as Bank's appraises; the "culture of thinness" as Thompson proposes; and the conception that "loose lips sink ships" as firmly stated by Davis?

presentation question week 5

What is it about our culture that has led mainly women to the belief that our physical appearance and attributes are more important than anything else in many cases? Women go to great lengths to have plastic surgery because our society tells them that bags under eyes and wrinkles on their face are defining pieces of who they are. As Debra Gimlin talks about in her article, women are supposed to be independent and support change and advancement for themselves, yet at the same time still are held to the standard that appearance is more important than anything. Why is our society still at this point?

Food for Thought

Do you think that Rupp's main thesis of women loving women is somewhat contradictory in nature? If she gives examples about biological females who take on the male role and choose to live their lives as men, then is it incorrect for her to categorize them as a gender that they do not identify with?

Presentation Question-Janette

What sexual boundaries does society enforce upon women and their ability to express their sexual desires and how does this differ from the way men are able to freely express their sexual desires in society? Does being open about their sexuality degrade women in society?

Week 4 Discussion Question

If queer activism continues its dichotomic form of only pertaining to hetero/queer categorization, then how could a queer politically relate to those who identify with same-sex identities but hold different racial and class identities?

Another thing I want to bring forth is the term queer. I've always found it to be derogatory, and it's interesting to me that they would use the term queer politics for their political agenda.

Discussion question week 3

How would society react and interact if each person was stripped of their sexual identity as a straight/lesbian/gay/transsexual?

Discussion question

How can the merging of biology and culture, or the idea of humans being 100% nature and 100% nurture, bring a change in the world around us?