Gendered Selves And Intersectionality Gendered Selves And Intersectionality.

Gendered Selves AndIntersectionality

Gendered Selves AndIntersectionality

CONTEXTSCONTEXTSCONTEXTSCONTEXTS

INTERACTIONSINTERACTIONSINTERACTIONSINTERACTIONS

ROLESROLESROLESROLES

IDENTITIESIDENTITIESIDENTITIESIDENTITIESSalience and Commitment

Responsibility To “Others”

Specific And Generalized Others

Situations and Definitions Of Situations

Putting It All TogetherPutting It All Together

Election 2000/2008Who Did I Vote For?

Election 2000/2008Who Did I Vote For?

EssentialismAdditive Identities

EssentialismAdditive Identities

Woman Hispanic

Woman

LesbianConstruction

Worker

MotherPoor

Hispanic

JANICE

IntersectionalityMultiplicative Identities

IntersectionalityMultiplicative Identities

Do Expectations Affect Gendered Selves?

Do Expectations Affect Gendered Selves?

The Ten Most Commonly Selected The Ten Most Commonly Selected Traits About American WomenTraits About American Women(256 White College Students)(256 White College Students)

IntelligentIntelligentMaterialisticMaterialistic

SensitiveSensitiveAttractiveAttractive

SophisticatedSophisticatedEmotionalEmotionalAmbitiousAmbitious

Career-OrientedCareer-OrientedIndependentIndependent

TalkativeTalkative

[From Weitz and Gordon 1993]

The Ten Most Commonly Selected The Ten Most Commonly Selected Traits About Black WomenTraits About Black Women

(256 White College Students)(256 White College Students)

LoudLoudTalkativeTalkative

AggressiveAggressiveIntelligentIntelligent

StraightforwardStraightforwardArgumentativeArgumentative

StubbornStubbornQuick-TemperedQuick-Tempered

BitchyBitchyToo Many ChildrenToo Many Children

[From Weitz and Gordon 1993]

Doing GenderDoing Gender

Key ConceptsKey Concepts• We re-create We re-create gender meanings and gendered social gender meanings and gendered social

structures when we act like men/women.structures when we act like men/women.• Gender is routinely reproduced. We don’t even realize it.Gender is routinely reproduced. We don’t even realize it.• Gender is a product of interactions not individuality.Gender is a product of interactions not individuality.• When we interact in gendered ways, we “do gender.”When we interact in gendered ways, we “do gender.”

Key ConceptsKey Concepts• We re-create We re-create gender meanings and gendered social gender meanings and gendered social

structures when we act like men/women.structures when we act like men/women.• Gender is routinely reproduced. We don’t even realize it.Gender is routinely reproduced. We don’t even realize it.• Gender is a product of interactions not individuality.Gender is a product of interactions not individuality.• When we interact in gendered ways, we “do gender.”When we interact in gendered ways, we “do gender.”

• We behave so people always see our behavior as We behave so people always see our behavior as ““gender-appropriategender-appropriate.”.”• Our contradictions go unnoticed.Our contradictions go unnoticed.• Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other

behaviors.behaviors.

Key ConceptsKey Concepts• We re-create We re-create gender meanings and gendered social gender meanings and gendered social

structures when we act like men/women.structures when we act like men/women.• Gender is routinely reproduced. We don’t even realize it.Gender is routinely reproduced. We don’t even realize it.• Gender is a product of interactions not individuality.Gender is a product of interactions not individuality.• When we interact in gendered ways, we “do gender.”When we interact in gendered ways, we “do gender.”

• We behave so people always see our behavior as We behave so people always see our behavior as ““gender-appropriategender-appropriate.”.”• Our contradictions go unnoticed.Our contradictions go unnoticed.• Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other

behaviors.behaviors.• Our gendered identity (not gender identity) is Our gendered identity (not gender identity) is fluidfluid..

• Thinking about this through the habitus/field lens.Thinking about this through the habitus/field lens.• Gender is an accomplishment . . it takes work!Gender is an accomplishment . . it takes work!• Doing gender strengthens differences and makes them Doing gender strengthens differences and makes them

“essential.”“essential.”