Gender And Gender In Gender By Wade And Ferree

In 1993, Cynthia Orozco wrote that “Feminism is a recognition of the domination of men over women and attempts by women to end male privilege.... It is a theory, a method, and a practice which seeks to transform human relations.” Women and Gender Studies encompasses a multitude of controversial topics in today 's society. It challenges everything from binary gender ideals, to traditional gender roles. This sort of exploration and education allows for new ideas and ways of thinking to systematically disemble the patriarchal society in which we live, and rebuild with a more inclusive and equality based society. The Huffington Post recently conducted an interview with Inga Schowengerdt who has committed her life to further promoting gender equality.

“For the Dayak, being a man or woman is not tied to genitals. It is tied to experience” (p. 12). This idea focuses on how gender is not about your physical appearance, but is instead tied to what you go through during your life. In the US, Women and Gender studies tries continually to incorporate this sort of ideology that suggests that rigid gender stereotypes are outdated and not at all accurate. Later in the same portion of the book Wade and Ferree continue with their discussion, this time as it relates to the Hau culture. “For the Hau, children are not male or female until puberty; then, over the life course, men lose masculinity with every son they father, and women gain masculinity with each son they bear, until elders are again genderless” (p.

Under closer inspection we are able to come together and fight the inequality that has been a part of our society for generations. Feminism brings to light the discrimination that has become the norm and calls for change. For example, Ben A Barres discusses in Commentary Does Gender Matter, the idea that women are “innately” less capable of doing things such as math and science. “Last year, Harvard University president Larry Summers suggested that differences in innate aptitude rather than discrimination were more likely to be to blame for the failure of women to advance in scientific career.” This sort of backwards thinking has set women back generations and is to blame for the lack of women in STEM fields. Barres also discusses how before he transitioned to a man, his work as a women in science was taken much less seriously and he was less respected. After the transition it was assumed that he was indeed a better scientist simply because he was a man. This sort of double standard and bias with women in these fields has led to such