SOCY1050 by Miss Jane Duro https://padlet.com/janeduro/ENVM1050 Into to Sociology en-us 2021-04-13 03:00:56 UTC 2021-04-13 03:50:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f575-2640.png WEEK 6 - GENDER & SEXUALITY janeduro https://padlet.com/janeduro/ENVM1050/wish/1410233249 Before this week, I didn't have a good understanding of the difference between 'sex' and 'gender'.  I thought they were 2 interchangeable terms meaning male or female (which I also considered interchangeable with man and woman).

Initially I didn't agree with Judith Butler's statement that gender was performative.  That was a difficult concept to understand for me - a woman who acts as a woman because that's how I instinctively act and because I instinctively enjoy traditionally 'feminine' things.  The lecture material and particularly this week's reading about 'doing gender' helped to break down that meaning of performative.  The very fact that I like doing or dressing in 'feminine' ways means that I fit into the gender of 'woman'.  But what if I was born biologically female but didn't enjoy these traditionally 'feminine' things.  Would my gender still be so easy to define? 

I may enjoy wearing high heels or letting my partner kill bugs in our house, but the readings got me thinking about why I like it (Davies, 2018). Are these traits really instinctive or are they born out of expectations that society has for me as a 'feminine' woman?  And I realise that many of my actions are driven by a need for society's reaction to me and acceptance of me as a 'feminine' woman as it has been created in this current time and space (Nash, 2016).   I suppose I'm lucky that I easily fit into such an accepted gender pattern but this week really got me thinking about how difficult it must be for people who have 'inappropriate' genders.  

As someone who hasn't really had to think about them before, I still don't think I have a full grasp on these concepts but the course content this week definitely opened my eyes to a different perspective of this topic that is so relevant in Australia at the moment. 
 
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