Category: Gendered Spaces

Social Construction

Gender is a social construct, not an absolute truth.   Image taken from: https://www.verywellmind.com/  

Gendered Spaces Observation

Summary: During my one-hour grocery shopping trip at Superstore on Tuesday, October 10th, starting at 2 PM, I paid attention to spatial dynamics, particularly with regard to gender….

Micropedia

Marginalization builds up in collective psyches. This can result in what are experienced as “microaggressions.” For example, it is a common experience of socially constructed women to be…

Sexual Harassment in Academia

Sexual harassment in academia is common. This was a research project that gathered experiences of sexual harassment through crowdsourcing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9KShDLvU7C-KkgEevYTHXr3F6InTenrBsS9yk-8C5M/edit#gid=1530077352

Gendered Gyms

This is an example of a geographies of gender article that focuses on gendered spaces. In this case, it is the gendered nature of gym environments.

Discrimination – One Definition

Gendered Spaces References

Below are the articles that were used to create and inspire the Gendered Spaces poster: Coen, S. E., Rosenberg, M. W., & Davidson, J. (2018). “It’s gym, like…

Gendered Language in Teacher Reviews

https://benschmidt.org/profGender Above is an article that showcases the difference in language used by students when reviewing their male-presenting and female-presenting professors, demonstrating that gendered spaces can be physical…