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Shifting between three different sitting positions that express different points on the gender spectrum, from masculine to feminine.

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Especially in public settings, but also prominent when alone, "doing gender" is everywhere. Even sitting is not safe, whether to conform to the expectations placed upon one's gender or to present a specific gender, the position and technique of sitting used is a mindless way one can do gender. In professional or performative settings, females are expected to present a dainty, small, and delicate form. Typically shown by crossing their legs and tucking their arms in. Men, on the other hand tend to spread out and take space to assert dominance and exude confidence. As West and Zimmerman describe in "Doing Gender", "Doing gender consists of managing such occasions so that, whatever the particulars, the outcome is seen and seeable in context as gender-appropriate or, as the case may be, gender-inappropriate, that is, accountable"(West and Zimmerman, 135). Gender is in many cases a compulsory accessory for the outfit of social acceptance, sitting according to one's gender is seen with comfort and approval in the same way dressing according to one's gender allows for a comfortable conformity. Monday's piece continually changes as one changes their behavior and postures to present a different image of themselves to others.

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Two people sitting on a couch, the person on the left sitting in a traditionally masculine pose while the person on the right sits feminine and demure.

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The patriarchy supports the concept of a male dominant society, males are expected to act aggressively and confidently, to take up space and take charge. On the other hand, females are expected to act dainty, delicate, and in submission to males. On Tuesday, the confident and aggressive posture of masculine figure encourages the more feminine figure to in turn accentuate their feminine, submissive behaviors. In terms of sitting, it is more acceptable for males to take up space, with their legs spread and their arms splayed out on the backs of their chairs. Contrastingly, females are commonly expected to sit with their legs crossed and their hands on their knees. Johnson's "Patriarchy, the system" discusses a pattern of behaviors that people are expected to conform to, and these patterns are often applied to everyday actions, whether performative or not.

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Two people dressing in the traditionally feminine color of pink on either side of another dressing in blue watching at the nonconforming member.

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Society has created traits and features that "make" women women and men men. Expectations for masculine or feminine behaviors and the masculinization and feminization of inanimate and ungendered concepts and objects such as colors, clothing styles, and mindsets form the foundations of gender and its facets. Lorber's "Social Construction of Gender" discusses how, "a sex category becomes a gender status through naming, dress, and the use of other gender markers"(Lorber, 2-3). Wednesday's struggle of deciding which outfit to wear, whether to conform to the feminine or venture into more masculine or ambiguous territory is a consequence of the social construction of gender. The discomfort and anxiety paired with going against the grain encourages people to stay within the defined lines of their gender and at times to urge others to as well.

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A person with arms spread out in imitation of Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man labeled with different identities.

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Thursday brings a questioning of the multiple identities as they are challenged and interacted with by outside factors. The Combahee River Collective discusses identity politics and interlocking oppression in "A black feminist statement". Not every interaction is negative, but the few that are can work on multiple fronts, many antagonists can use different identities as a tool or excuse to attack others. Similarly, many advocates may utilize the different facets of their identity, whether it be race, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation to fight for a truer equality and to be seen as, "levelly human". Yet the different identities granted to us also provide a fight and struggle. Interlocking oppressions can make allies, who are so important when each identity creates another struggle, rare and change difficult.

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Sitting on the lounge chair and reading a biology textbook.

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Friday brings not fun but cramming for the biology midterm, and this lesson is about sexual reproduction. As the book continues on, it's descriptions of the processes and gametes begin to reflect that of Emily Martin's "The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles". The sperm are given a headstrong active role, "heroic warrior to the rescue" while the eggs are treated as a "damsel in distress, shielded by only her sacred garments"(Martin 491). The subtle enforcement of gendered traits upon the female and male sex cells creates a misconception of the roles of the egg and the sperm. The connection to one's sex cells suddenly changes from a strictly informational and objective one to an almost political one.