Gendered Selves And Intersectionality Gendered Selves And Intersectionality

CONTEXTSCONTEXTS INTERACTIONSINTERACTIONS ROLESROLES IDENTITIESIDENTITIES Salience and Commitment Responsibility To “Others” Specific And Generalized Others Situations and Definitions Of Situations Putting It All Together

Election 2000/2008 Who Did I Vote For? Election 2000/2008 Who Did I Vote For?

Essentialism Additive Identities Essentialism Additive Identities Woman Hispanic

Woman Lesbian Construction Worker Construction Worker Mother Poor Hispanic JANICE Intersectionality Multiplicative Identities Intersectionality Multiplicative Identities

Do Expectations Affect Gendered Selves? The Ten Most Commonly Selected Traits About American Women (256 White College Students) IntelligentMaterialisticSensitiveAttractiveSophisticatedEmotionalAmbitiousCareer-OrientedIndependentTalkative [From Weitz and Gordon 1993] The Ten Most Commonly Selected Traits About American Women (256 White College Students) IntelligentMaterialisticSensitiveAttractiveSophisticatedEmotionalAmbitiousCareer-OrientedIndependentTalkative [From Weitz and Gordon 1993] The Ten Most Commonly Selected Traits About Black Women (256 White College Students) LoudTalkativeAggressiveIntelligentStraightforwardArgumentativeStubbornQuick-TemperedBitchy Too Many Children [From Weitz and Gordon 1993 ] The Ten Most Commonly Selected Traits About Black Women (256 White College Students) LoudTalkativeAggressiveIntelligentStraightforwardArgumentativeStubbornQuick-TemperedBitchy Too Many Children [From Weitz and Gordon 1993 ]

Doing Gender

Key Concepts We re-create gender meanings and gendered social structures when we act like men/women. We re-create gender meanings and gendered social 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 Concepts We re-create gender meanings and gendered social structures when we act like men/women. We re-create gender meanings and gendered social 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 “gender-appropriate.” We behave so people always see our behavior as “gender-appropriate.” Our contradictions go unnoticed. Our contradictions go unnoticed. Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other behaviors. Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other behaviors.

Key Concepts We re-create gender meanings and gendered social structures when we act like men/women. We re-create gender meanings and gendered social 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 “gender-appropriate.” We behave so people always see our behavior as “gender-appropriate.” Our contradictions go unnoticed. Our contradictions go unnoticed. Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other behaviors. Behaviors are used to legitimate or discredit other behaviors. Our gendered identity (not gender identity) is fluid. Our gendered identity (not gender identity) is fluid. 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 “essential.” Doing gender strengthens differences and makes them “essential.”