Senior Project Advisor
Debra Salazar
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Keywords
Gender, Gender identities, Colonization, Native Americans, Hawaii, Philippines, India
Abstract
Gender has been viewed as fluid through time. Different identities existed in communities across the globe. How gender is viewed in a western mindset can affect our perceptions of the past. The gender binary that’s been applied so strongly today is an outdated European concept. This binary brings gender roles, which have their own assumptions tied to them. This paper will define many known terms surrounding gender, as well as contemporary gender identities. This will be a look into alternate identities in Native American communities, Native Hawaiians, the Philippines as well as in India, both pre-colonial and post-colonial. Other locations with alternate identities will also be mentioned. Their own identities were strongly built within their cultures, and many had strong significance to them. Colonizers brought with them expected views of gender and those that were deemed outside the gender binary were prosecuted. This happened in each location at different times in history.
Department
Political Science
Recommended Citation
Wick, Kate, "Gender Through Time and Culture" (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 566.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/566
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Gender identity--History; Colonization
Genre/Form
essays
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf