Gender in critical psychology

• Psychology
• Higher Education (degree)

Gender in Critical psychology

Quick recap

Mainstream psychology

- gender as nature ( Sex at birth = gender)

- gender as nurture ( Gender is learned)

Critical psychology - Social constructionist

- Gender is socially constructed (varies in different situations)

- Dependant on the social, cultural and historical context

Quiz

Some questions come from the lecture, some are based on historical events

The questions are timed and you have 1-2 minutes to answer the questions

Let's see how many you can get right.

The website will initially open in Dutch, but you can change the language.

What is the historical context of psychological research?

What is the difference between
Sex and Gender according to Sociologists, feminists and the WHO?

WHO definition

Sex refers to the biological characteristics that define humans as female or male

Gender refers to the economic, social and cultural attributes and opportunities associated with being male or female at a particular point in time

WHO- A gender equality project for the global goals (2020)

What are some of the key terms and concepts in main psychological approaches to gender?

Trigger warning

The following 3 questions will relate to sexism, violence and gender disparities that recently have been in the news.

What recent UK news has
put sexism and gender norms in the spotlight recently?

Sarah Everard

Ms Everard goes missing after leaving a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, at about 9pm. 4 days later, Scotland Yard confirms the police officer arrested over Ms Everard’s disappearance has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

What potentially harmful consequences might m.p. approaches to gender play in everyday understandings of gender-based violence cases such as this one?

Mainstream psychology

• Sees men and woman as inherrently different, but fixed genders
• boys will be boys
• women are childlike- need to be protected 

How might critical psychologists go about researching gender-based violence?

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