GENDER , POLITICS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Gender, Politics,
and
International Relations

By Nur Azizah
Presented at
Academic Teaching Excellence Training
British Council
April , 2016

SEX AND GENDER
• Sex = male and female
• Gender = masculine and feminine
• Sex refers to biological differences;
chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and
external sex organs.
• Gender refers to the socially constructed roles,
behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given
society considers appropriate for men and
women.
• 'man' = male sex + masculine social role 

(a 'real man', 'masculine' or 'manly')
• 'woman' = female sex + feminine social role 
(a 'real woman', 'feminine' or 'womanly')

Gender and Politics
P

• Politics have many
definition :
• Politics : power
relationship
• Politics : Desicion
Making Process

The Gender Ideology impact on
.....







Prostitution
Sexual abuse
Discrimination
Marginalization
– Women in House of Rep :
17 %
– Women in BPD (Village Rep.
Council : 1 %

Manly States
Masculinities, International Relations,
and Gender Politics by Charlotte Hooper

• Hooper examines the
role of IR in creating,
defining, or legitimizing
masculinity.
• IR plays a significant

role in creating and
maintaining masculine
identities
• USA Foreign Policy is
very manly :
• Nuclear Weapon
• Send troops intervention

Mengenali Masalah Perempuan
Perempuan Korban Kekerasan

9/26/2016

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Gender, Politics,
and
International Relations

By Nur Azizah

Presented at
Academic Teaching Excellence Training
British Council
April , 2016

SEX AND GENDER
• Sex = male and female
• Gender = masculine and feminine
• Sex refers to biological differences;
chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and
external sex organs.
• Gender refers to the socially constructed roles,
behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given
society considers appropriate for men and
women.
• 'man' = male sex + masculine social role 
(a 'real man', 'masculine' or 'manly')
• 'woman' = female sex + feminine social role 
(a 'real woman', 'feminine' or 'womanly')


Gender and Politics
P

• Politics have many
definition :
• Politics : power
relationship
• Politics : Desicion
Making Process

The Gender Ideology impact on
.....






Prostitution
Sexual abuse

Discrimination
Marginalization
– Women in House of Rep :
17 %
– Women in BPD (Village Rep.
Council : 1 %

Manly States
Masculinities, International Relations,
and Gender Politics by Charlotte Hooper

• Hooper examines the
role of IR in creating,
defining, or legitimizing
masculinity.
• IR plays a significant
role in creating and
maintaining masculine
identities
• USA Foreign Policy is

very manly :
• Nuclear Weapon
• Send troops intervention

Mengenali Masalah Perempuan
Perempuan Korban Kekerasan

9/26/2016

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