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Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture
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Chapter One:Chapter One:
The Study of Communication, The Study of Communication,
Gender, and CultureGender, and Culture
gendered lives
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“We are looking for permission to be more than
our society tells us we are.”
~ Starhawk
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The Value of Studying Communication, Gender, and Culture
• Enhance Appreciation of
Communication Complexity
• Enhance Insights Into Self
• Strengthen Effectiveness as
a Communicator
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Studying Communication, Gender, and Culture
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Gender in a Transitional Era
• Confusing Attitudes
• Differences Between Men and Women
• Essentializing Women and Men
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Sex
• Female and Male
• Designated by Biology
• Male/Female Genitalia
• XX or XY Chromosomes
• Intersexed, Transexed
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Gender
• Femininity and Masculinity
• Socially and Symbolically Constructed
• Neither Innate nor Stable
• Gender is Learned
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Gender and Meaning• Meanings of Gender Changed by…
Communication History Culture
• Meanings of Gender Complicated by… Transgendered Transexed Intersexed
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Culture
• Structures and Practices
• Social Order
• Values, Expectations, Meanings, and
Patterns of Behavior
• Gender is Central to Cultural Life
• Communication Structures Culture
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Culture - Western
• Patriarchal
• Ideology, Structures, Practices
Created by Men
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Culture - Western Patriarchy
• Examples of Cultural Practices Upholding
Western Views of Gender
Women Giving Up Names on Marrying
Institutions
• Schools
• Judicial System
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Communication
“…is a dynamic, systemic process in which
two levels of meaning are created and
reflected in human interaction with
symbols.”
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Communication...
• …is a Dynamic Process
• …is Systemic
• …has Two Levels of Meaning
Content Level
Relationship Level
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Communication
• Meaning Created Through Human
Interactions with Symbols
Humans are Symbol Using Creatures
Significance of Communication is Not in Words
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