Gender = individual identity + powerful way of structuring society

Feminist scholars argue that our whole system of communication and meaning is gendered

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Gendered dichotomies
Gender = individual identity + powerful way of structuring society
Certain actions represented as performances of gender
Gender distinctions used to reinforce power of specific groups
Gender not about women/femininity but also men/masculinity
Hegemonic masculinity: masculine characteristics favoured
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