Key Concepts

About the lecture

In this module, we explore some of the key concepts that are important in contemporary feminist theory, including: (i) sex, gender, and biological determinism; (ii) the concepts of patriarchy and androcentricity; (iii) gender identity and sexual identity, and the relation between the two; (iv) the idea of gender roles and gender stereotypes; and (v) the concepts of transgender, cisgender, and non-binary.

About the lecturer

Dr Shelley Budgeon is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology who specializes in gender and feminist theory. Her research analyses the impact of various forces of social change on the constitution of gender relations and the performance of gendered identities. Her expertise encompasses theories of gendered subjectivity; feminist politics; gender, postfeminism and neoliberalism; sexuality and personal life; embodiment; theories of new materialism; and the structure of gendered organizations. Her books include Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Gender in Late Modernity (Palgrave, 2011) and Choosing a Self: Young Women and the Individualization of Identity (Praegar, 2003).