An evaluation of the contribution made by feminist and post-structuralist perspectives to the view of gender as socially constructed

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

03/18/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Sociology

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Summary :

Introduction
Biological classifications of sex: Inaccuracy and ambiguity in defining sex
Linguistic structuralism
Jacques Derrida: Questioning the nature of language
Barbara Johnson's concise writings and ideas of the connection between gender and language
The development of feminism
1. The feminists' belief that to be born a man or a woman in any society is more than a simple biological fact
2. Physical and mental similarities between men and women
The research conducted by Lobban in 1974
Feminist campaign for equality for women
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

A number of fundamental changes have occurred this century in relation to what it means to be male or female. They emphasize the notion that femininity and masculinity are not necessarily innate categorise which pre-exist in each person and focus more on the idea that they are historically and socially constructed and united categories which are found in social institutions, procedures and practises including those of the home, school and workplace. Research has shown that what emerges as maleness and femaleness changes in a fundamental way over time, across cultures and in different socio-economic circumstances. feminists and post-structuralists have offered an invaluable contribution towards the idea of gender as a socially constructed and I am proposing to look at how they what they view gender as and the implication of their views in relation to education.