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Robert A. Nye (Oregon State
University, Corvallis)
The Bio-Sexual Foundations of the
Modern Concept of Gender
Donnerstag,
8. Dezember 2005
14 Uhr ct - 16 Uhr
Raum IG 1.418
The term "gender" as a concept describing the differences between
men and women is of very recent historical origin. But it has made so
much progress that it has begun to rival the term "sex" as a descriptor
of male and female difference in English, especially, but not
exclusively, in American culture. While some of this can be explained
by reference to American "political correctness", there are other
substantive reasons that depend on 20th century developments in biology
and medicine which also explain this shift in linguistic usage.
Robert A. Nye lehrt am Department of History der Oregon State
University in Corvallis. Er hat ausgiebig zum Themenfeld des Vortrags
publiziert.
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