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What does it mean to say the body is a site of identity and self-

expression and how is this related to postmodern disruptions of binary notions of gender and more multiple and less fixed understandings of gender identityWe can use our body as something we can control and as something we can use to express our identity - we can shape, clothe, and express it. This becomes synonymous with personal freedomEx: Tattoos and piercings

Heteropatriarchy

the dominance associated with a gender binary system that presumes heterosexuality as a social norm

Biological determinism

where a person's biology or genetic makeup, rather than culture or society, determines their identity

Heteropatriarchy

:the dominance associated with a gender binary system that presumes heterosexuality as a social norm

Why do women often experience their bodies as sources of despair rather than empowerment? What societal institutions are involved in this?

Ex: Menstruation has been seen as smelly, taboo, distasteful. Ads in magazines and on TV about tampons, pads, douches, etc, message that women's bodies are constantly in need of hygienic attention. There is a strange, very public aspect to feminine bodily processes at the same time they are coded as very private (this is example of discourses/regimes of truth that shape bodies in contemporary culture)

Why do women often experience their bodies as sources of despair rather than empowerment? What societal institutions are involved in this:

Menstruation has been seen as smelly, taboo, distasteful. Ads in magazines and on TV about tampons, pads, douches, etc, message that women's bodies are constantly in need of hygienic attention. There is a strange, very public aspect to feminine bodily processes at the same time they are coded as very private (this is example of discourses/regimes of truth that shape bodies in contemporary culture)

What does the double standard of "beauty" and aging by gender imply? How have contemporary forces of globalization affected these practices?

Portrayals of female "beauty" are more significant in women's lives than appearance is in men's. This means that despite the increasing focus on male bodies in society and

Explain how transgender bodies disrupt the linear relationship between biology and gender identity.

Transgender individuals identify with identities that may not match the bodily assignment given at birth or they may portray an androgynous mixture in the same body.

What does it mean to say the body is a site of identity and self-expression and how is this related to postmodern disruptions of binary notions of gender and more multiple and less fixed understandings of gender identity?

We can use our body as something we can control and as something we can use to express our identity - we can shape, clothe, and express it. This becomes synonymous with personal freedom.