SC Midterm - P1

Haslanger’s Account of Gender

Haslanger’s Definition of Gender

Gender is a socially constructed structural position within systems of subordination.

Who Counts as a Woman

Someone socially subordinated because she is perceived as female.

Who Counts as a Man

Someone socially privileged because he is perceived as male.

Goal of Haslanger’s Account

An ameliorative project—a kind of conceptual engineering that redefines gender to diagnose and resist oppression.