Category: Women and Gender Studies

Discuss these questions as per the book’s context and the contemporary world in relation to black feminism.Based on the possible causes for the violence and sexual abuse, what strategies could prevent or reduce the rate of violence and sexual abuse that people who are transgender encounter?

So, what does it mean to be a woman and feminine?

Does being feminine mean you are a woman? Does the element of being
sensitive mean you are a woman? If one cuts their hair, do they seize to be a woman?

Discuss these questions as per the book’s context and the contemporary world in relation
to black feminism.

However, people who are transgender are more predisposed to violence and
sexual abuse.

Is this situation because society has not accepted this group and is abusive
to them because they are different and deviate from what they perceive as normal?

Or is it the high risk of abuse by people who are transgender because of their social learning to
be silent, numb, and disconnected from the society for the society to accept them more?
Hence, they make themselves more vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse?

Based on the possible causes for the violence and sexual abuse, what strategies could prevent or
reduce the rate of violence and sexual abuse that people who are transgender encounter?

What images defined women (seductress, mother, virgin, etc.)?How did these narrowly-defined gender roles and images (such as the “nature of women”) shape the lives and work of your three key figures?

Women Creating Culture

Next, as you examine how society has shaped these women’s lives and creativity, consider some of the following questions.

How did prescribed gender roles for women impact their creativity?

What images defined women (seductress, mother, virgin, etc.)?

Which images and roles were acceptable and which were outside the norm?

How did these narrowly-defined gender roles and images (such as the “nature of women”) shape the lives and work of your three key figures?

Some women may have outwardly conformed to these expectations while their work challenged the roles/images in subversive and creative ways while others openly rebelled. As you delve deeper into these issues, consider the dynamics of gender and

power in creative expression. For example, how does the subject matter in paintings and texts (or performance) reflect the dynamics of gender and power? Who has privilege? Who has power? How do these creative women sometimes deconstruct (break down)

Write a reaction to or reflection of this reading. How do you feel about it? What do you want to explore? What questions do you have?

Read Everyday Women’s and Gender Studies (Representations)

Reflect on a section, word, quote, or phrase that strikes you and interesting or provocative. In the style of a personal journal, write a reaction to or reflection of this reading. How do you feel about it? What do you want to explore? What questions do you have?

Write a reaction to or reflection of this reading. Is any of this new information to you? How do you feel about it? What do you want to explore? What questions do you have?

Identities

Read chapter 2 “Identities” in Everyday Women’s and Gender Studies. Reflect on a section, word, quote, or phrase that strikes you as interesting or provocative. In the style of a personal journal, write a reaction to or reflection of this reading. Is any of this new information to you? How do you feel about it? What do you want to explore? What questions do you have?