Binary: The root of this word is “bi” which means two, so when we speak of the binary we are talking about that which has two sides. An example of this, seeing as we’re talking about women’s studies, is man and woman. In a simpler context we have the idea of on and off, or [...]
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Binary
Posted in binary, feminist theory on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Long hair
Posted in binary, femininity, gender, identity, liberation, male on July 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Long hair is a physical characteristic associated with both “femininity” and “masculinity” conventionally defined.
It is a pervasive Western (patriarchal) norm that women grow their hair long and men maintain their hair respectably short(er). Revealingly, men retain a great deal more freedom in hair length normativity/social expectation than do women.
There are exceptions to this norm, [...]
Default
Posted in Object, Other, Subject, binary, feminism, male, male privilege, normality, norms, race, sexuality, supremacy, white on July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Default (de·fault – [di-fawlt]) n.
A term used to denote normality and neutrality and identify adherents to it. Similar to what one might find as the ‘defaults’ on her computer (Times New Roman type font, the same homepage for internet access, the vertical letter format for printing documents in a printer), the Default is the constant [...]
Masculine
Posted in binary, butch, lesbian, male, male privilege, masculinity, norms, tomboy on July 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
An adjective used to describe someone or something that possesses one or more of a set of qualities which are normally attributed to men.
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