Why Gender?

Gender is one of the central ways that we, as a society, organize ourselves. This process is so deeply ingrained in our practices that we are largely unaware of how gender affects and influences our daily lives, beliefs and experiences. While this categorization is arbitrary, gender has real consequences; many of which are negative, rigid and limiting. Gender is only one of the many statuses that are used to categorize our society, intersecting with race, class, sexual orientation and so forth. Gender, through these various dimensions of inequality, can manifest itself very differently. While gender is an important dimension to examine and is of central interest to this blog, it is not the only dimension to be examined. I plan to post interesting articles, images, products and concepts, examining their implications through the various dimensions of inequality with particular attention to gender and the reproduction of the gender binary and gendered expectations. Comments and discussion are welcome as long as they encourage open, non-judgmental dialogue and refrain from offensive content.