1. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 1 Chapter One: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture gendered lives

2. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 2 Copyright © 2004 Wadsworth

3. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 3 Copyright © 2004 Wadsworth InfoTrac College Edition http://www.infotrac-college.com InfoTrac College Edition http://www.infotrac-college.com

4. “We are looking for permission to be more than our society tells us we are.” ~ Starhawk Copyright © 2004 Wadsworth

5. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 5 The Value of Studying Communication, Gender, and Culture Enhance Appreciation of Communication Complexity Enhance Insights Into Self Strengthen Effectiveness as a Communicator

6. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 6 Studying Communication, Gender, and Culture

7. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 7 Gender in a Transitional Era Confusing Attitudes Differences Between Men and Women Essentializing Women and Men

8. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 8 Sex Female and Male Designated by Biology Male/Female Genitalia XX or XY Chromosomes Intersexed, Transexed

9. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 9 Gender Femininity and Masculinity Socially and Symbolically Constructed Neither Innate nor Stable Gender is Learned

10. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 10 Gender and Meaning Meanings of Gender Changed by…  Communication  History  Culture Meanings of Gender Complicated by…  Transgendered  Transexed  Intersexed

11. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 11 Culture Structures and Practices Social Order Values, Expectations, Meanings, and Patterns of Behavior Gender is Central to Cultural Life Communication Structures Culture

12. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 12 Culture - Western Patriarchal Ideology, Structures, Practices Created by Men

13. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 13 Culture - Western Patriarchy Examples of Cultural Practices Upholding Western Views of Gender  Women Giving Up Names on Marrying  Institutions Schools Judicial System

14. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 14 Communication “…is a dynamic, systemic process in which two levels of meaning are created and reflected in human interaction with symbols.”

15. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 15 Communication... …is a Dynamic Process …is Systemic …has Two Levels of Meaning  Content Level  Relationship Level

16. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 16 Communication Meaning Created Through Human Interactions with Symbols  Humans are Symbol Using Creatures  Significance of Communication is Not in Words

17. Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture Copyright © 2005 Wadsworth 17 gendered lives