Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Contemporary Issues in Gender and Sexuality
Contemporary Issues in Gender and Sexuality
• FAT SHAMING
Body positivity.
• HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY
Represent other masculinity
Shift Gender norms
Normalize Coming out
FEMINISM
FEMINISM – A MOVEMENT THAT WANTS THERE TO BE EQUAL
TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN
(AND ALL GENDERS)
• RIGHT TO HAVE A VOICE
• RIGHT TO VOTE
• CONTROL OVER WOMEN’S BODIES REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH
• SEXUAL POSITIVITY
• WOMEN CAN HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES IN SOCIETY /
REDEFINE GENDER ROLES / WORKING WOMEN
• WOMEN CAN BE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE
• DIFFERENT WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT STRUGGLES
• THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEEDS
• VICTIM BLAMING
• POLICING WOMEN’S CLOTHES AND BODIES
• BOYS WILL BE BOYS
EFFECTS OF FEMINISM ON ALL GENDERS
• LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS
Homophobia and how gay men were seen as “more feminine”
Subordinated Masculinity / Other Masculinity
• INTERSECTIONALITY
Different women from different backgrounds have different struggles
Fat shaming