Philosophy_of_Gender

   Viewing the category of "woman" as having a universal status basically provides a template for "performances" and "guides" for social success and survival in social/political climates. If there is a "way" for a prescribed gender to behave in order to have success in an occupation or field, it'd be through a tried and true template for 'success.'     Merleau-Ponty's quote asserting the "body is a historical idea...with a set of possibilities to be continually realized" is a better perspective to hold in forming change to the value of "woman" as a category. Rather than solely relying on one person defying the potential or success prescribed in the category of "woman," valuing the category as a historical idea provides momentum and agency for anyone who 'fits' under the category of "woman."     A universal status can certainly lock those who fall under said status into socio-politica...

       This makes me feel upset and uncomfortable. As a student leader on campus (CA), I have never had a transgender resident but have transgender friends on campus and they have been ‘beaten back’ from the normal hangouts on campus. The only locations on campus that don't present the possible sense of unease are Damietta and GSA meetings. I don’t want to be a part of the problem, but few people cannot control an entire environment.  What has been do so far and should continue happening is more dialogue on campus with transgender students and off campus activist/voices (eg Latinx poetry slams from this semester). Furthermore, there should be more surveys investigating the reactions of our transgender student population on campus in order to gauge success with implemented changes.