On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Nishant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Charles Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Gender is a social construct. > > > > > > Er, Charles, not entirely...that sentence, as it stands, is all balls! > > > > Hi Deepa, I am very intrigued by this response. If you oppose the idea that > "gender is a social construct" I was curious as to how you define gender. > Through long years of reading feminist theory and women's studies writing, > one has now almost internalised the fact that Gender, as we understand it, > is nothing but a social construct. While I personally find it difficult to > take the "sex (noun) is a social construct", I am quite in wonder why you > would resist the same argument around Gender. > > cheers > Nishant Nishant....nothing to be intrigued about, I was just joking, that gender is determined by the parts of one's body, too! :) I saw a wonderful documentary at the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival: "Peforming the Goddess: The Chapal Bhaduri Story"....and Chapal talks about being "feminine" and "masculine" and about human relationships..the whole thing interlaced with the need to earn money. A great documentary, and very moving indeed. Deepa. Deepa.
