anthropology

Article Guidelines for ‘Gender’ Reading

1) Define ‘heteronormativity’ and provide an example of how the Royal Wedding supported this concept.

2) Explain the ‘heteronormative hierarchy’ and provide two different hierarchical examples of it.

3) In terms of ‘gendered heterosexualities,’ what is one reason why young men vs. older men tend to speak differently about women in their conversations? How did this differ from how women referred to men in their speech?

4) Explain how speakers of the low-status heteronormative hierarchy ‘queer’ language in everyday speech.

5) Thoughts of this article?