Question 1: How do systems of privilege and oppression function in our society? How do we combat these systems?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The systems of privilege in our society lean towards the race or gender of a person. If you are a white male in this society you\u2019re privileged to many things without asking or wanting to be. White privilege is an example of privilege. Men will not accept they are privileged and say it\u2019s not on them that they’re privileged. In the article White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack<\/em> by Peggy McInotsh it says \u201cI have often noticed men\u2019s willingness to grant that they are over-privileged, even though they may grant that women are disadvantaged.\u201d Oppression exercises the power to undermine people in systems. Systems can either oppress people based on the group they identify themselves as. People will not be able to fit anywhere due to oppression. For example in the reading There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions<\/em> by Audre Lorde she talks about not being able to fit in any of the groups she identifies herself in. She feels like she cannot profit due to the oppression from the other side of her identity. She says \u201cWithin the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian.\u201d I feel like we can combat these systems by letting people be who they are no matter what gender, class, race or color they are. Liberation is the key. Privilege and oppression in these systems shouldn\u2019t be over-privileged\/over-oppressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Question 2: What is the concept of intersectionality and why is it important in women\u2019s, gender, and sexuality studies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The concept of intersectionality is important in women\u2019s, gender, and sexulaity studies because its the different type of forms discrimiatction, how they are combined or overlapped. In the women\u2019s, gender, sexuality studies it identifies how different types of groups get discriminated against. In the article Beyond The Gender Binary <\/em>by Alok V. Manon it says \u201cAccording to the 2015 US Transgender Survey, 30 percent of trans and gender non-conforming people reported workplace discrimination resulting in an umeployment rate of three times more then the general population;\u201d This explains the different type of discrimination there is for women, gender or sexuality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Question 3: Why is it important to recognize patriarchy as a system and not an individual identity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to recognize patriarchy as a system and not an individual identity because patriarchy comes in many shapes or forms. A patriarchy is a system where men or women can exclude someone from society. Both women and men can be excluded from society and be done by both sexs. If we recognize it as a system we call view all the parts and people manipulate it. In the article Patriarchy, the system An it, Not a He, a them, or an Us<\/em> by Allan G. Johnson says \u201c\u201dWhen you say patriarchy.\u201d a man complained from the rear of the audience, \u201cI know what you really mean-me!\u201d If bad things happen it is not necessarily because of an individual, there is more to it, there are a lot of bad people in society. Patriarchy as a system makes you see that there are different types of mindsets and multiple people. It is not an individual who holds the power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Question 4: How is gender constructed and learned in our society? How do we perform gender?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gender is built in our society while we are growing up. Gender is learned in our society by gender assignment. Gender assignment is when an individual categorizes what the individual is supposed to do, act or feel. For example in the article Sex and Gender 101<\/em> by Kyle Meyers says \u201cUpon assiging a gender, children are then socialized according to the gender roles of the cukture they weerre born into.\u201d If a child is born a masculine gender they are brought up to not cry and go to work to provide for their partner. If a child is born a feminine gender they are brought up to have emotions, stay at home and cook and attend to their partner. As we grow up we construct our gender and become who we want to be and identify ourselves as. We can perform gender by expressing ourselves of who we believe our gender identity is. This can be through clothing, make-up or hairstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Question 5: What is the difference between sex and gender? How are sex and gender conflated (converged and confused) within our culture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sex is anatomy and physiology. It is the chromosomes, hormones, organs and external genitalia of an individual, as said in Sex and Gender 101. There are 3 different types of sex, male, female and intersex. This is determined through the number of chromosomes a baby is born with. Gender is the role that an individual plays in society and culture. The gender can be determined by oneself and not the chromosomes or external genitalia. It depends on how you were raised or how you identify yourself or express yourself. Gender and sex are conflatd within our society because if they seem a feminin gender dressing up as what a masculine gender dresses up they start to question why and how. The other way around, if a masuline gender wears make-up and society or culture determines that only feminine genders can wear make-up, you can begin to be judged or discriminated against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Question 6: What is a double bind? How do double binds function within our societyDouble bind is a person in a conflict with their actions or decision making, having an inappropriate response . An example of double bind is when people say \u201cdamned if you do and damned if you don\u2019t.\u201d In our society, the double bind function is when a woman who works in a men dominated workplace, no matter what ideas or what she says will not be taken into accountability. No matter how hard a woman works for a promotion it may not happen because of her gender. Like how in the article Oppression<\/em> by Marlyin Frye it says \u201cA woman can become caught in a bind where, no matter what she chooses to think, say, or do, a bar puts difficulties in her path.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question 1: How do systems of privilege and oppression function in our society? How do we combat these systems? The systems of privilege in our society lean towards the race or gender of a person. If you are a white male in this society you\u2019re privileged to many things without asking or wanting to be. 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