How does “doing gender” help you understand Joseph’s analysis of patriarchy and connectivity in Lebanon?
According to Joseph (1993) patriarchy and connectivity creates relation ally oriented selves , the social norms negotiate gendered and aged hierarchies , locals recognize this as healthy , mature and responsible. it is the social outlook of what a male and women. As West & Zimmerman’s (1978) explained how gender was defined according to traits perceived by biological and social definitions. on the Other hand , Gender is how humans interact. It helped me understand how gender is made up to define how male and female should interact. Depending on social norms which were created by humans and are not biological. This point connects to West & Zimmerman’s (1978) point of how gender is made to shape interactions between female and male according to rules and regulations made up about Female and male roles As Fausto-Sterling (1993) explained the existence of inter sexuality ( not binary to female and male ) . “According to plato there once were three sexes- males , female and hermaphrodite- but the third sex was lost with time. ” . Masculine and feminine traits exists in all of us , the ying and yang. Our sex genitals define our sex but gender is a role projected on us by Humans to control.
Reference List:
Fausto-Sterling, A. (1993). The five sexes: Why male and female are not enough. The Sciences,Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239657377_The_Five_Sexes_Why_Male_and_Female_are_not_Enough
West, C., & Zimmerman, D. H. (1987). Doing gender. Gender and Society,
excerpts). Retrieved from:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/0t4/crcees/files/summerschool/readings/WestZimmerman_1987_DoingGender.pdf
Joseph, S. (1993). Gender and relationality among Arab families in Lebanon. Feminist Studies. Retrieved from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3178097.pdf
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