Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/16/2016
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Central European University
Category(ies)
“Acquiring gender: From baby in the yellow hat to gender identity and expression”
Speaker: Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling
Organizer: Department of Gender Studies
Location: Central European University
Building: Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: Popper
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 – 5:30pm
Abstract: My ambition is to restructure dichotomous conversations in order to enable an understanding of the inseparability of nature/nurture. My current case studies examine the emergence of gender differences in behavior in infancy. Specifically I am conducting an empirical study to tease apart how even very early sex-related differences emerge from dyadic (parent-infant) patterns of behavior. For the big three–oft cited–early differences (vocalization, motor activity, and toy preference) there is no moment at which a pre-existing nature can be viewed separately from a simultaneously existing nurture. The question is: how can we profitably study the dynamics of emergent behaviors and emergent arenas of difference without falling into dichotomous patterns of analysis.
Learn more about the event by visiting:
https://history.ceu.edu/events/2016-11-16/anne-fausto-sterling-brown-university-acquiring-gender-baby-yellow-hat-gender