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Gender and Sexual Embodiment
Gender and Sexual Embodiment
Lecture 7 Page 1
○ Social science research into identity might ask:
▪ Are stereotypes true/valid?
□ Or have we been conditioned to believe they are true?
□ How? To what effect?
▪ Have stereotypes and depictions of identity contributed to/perpetuated ill-
informed beliefs? And even injustice?
○ Sex and bodies are commodified differently on the basis of gender, sexuality,
class, ethnicity and age
▪ Sue Scott "sexual embodiment and consumption"
○ What does it mean to have sex and bodies "commodified'?
Lecture 7 Page 2