Scribd
Upload
123 views22 pages

3 - Cultures and Rationalities

The document discusses the influence of culture and rationality on people's perceptions of reality, gender, and sexuality. It highlights how cultural systems shape behavior and can lead to harmful actions, such as sexism and discrimination, through mechanisms like microaggressions. The text emphasizes that culture is adaptable and can change when its meanings no longer serve human well-being.

Uploaded by

Emalyn Revilla
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
123 views22 pages

3 - Cultures and Rationalities

The document discusses the influence of culture and rationality on people's perceptions of reality, gender, and sexuality. It highlights how cultural systems shape behavior and can lead to harmful actions, such as sexism and discrimination, through mechanisms like microaggressions. The text emphasizes that culture is adaptable and can change when its meanings no longer serve human well-being.

Uploaded by

Emalyn Revilla
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Cultures and Rationalities

Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss how culture or rationality shapes people’s
perception of reality;
2. State the effects of culture on a person’s perception of
gender and sexuality; and
3. Explain how rationalities shape sexism and
discrimination.
“What drives your behavior
more—your instincts or your
cultural upbringing?”
Instinct
Instinct
a term used to describe a set of behaviors
that are both unlearned and set in motion
as the result of some environmental
trigger.
Culture
● The system of symbols that allow people to
give meaning to experience
● Bears all the accumulated knowledge of
people coded into symbols that will help them
interpret what is happening to or around
them.
Culture
● However, culture is inherently malleable
and adaptable, constantly evolving in
response to internal and external influences.
● It is both learned and inherited and readily
determines how one understands and acts.
Culture
● It is both learned and inherited and readily
determines how one understands and acts.
● It also changes when the framing of reality is
no longer useful.
● The system that shapes human behavior is
malleable.
Culture
● After all, the superiority of the systems of
culture versus instinct lies in the fact that
culture can be transformed without waiting
for a genetic mutation to take effect.
● Culture can change when its system of
meaning no longer serves human flourishing.
So, what is the issue?
When culture orients people to behave
in a certain way that is harmful,
individuals tend to act destructively toward
others without conscious decision
If a community
devalues women and
oppresses them,
people are almost
always programmed
by their cultural
system to act that
way
microagression
refers to hostile, derogatory, or negative
racial slights and insults that can cause
potentially harmful or unpleasant
psychological impacts on the target person
or group.
microagression
Some effects of microaggression include
internalized emotions such as guilt,
resentment, anger, as well as a negative
implication on relationships.
Microaggression is also a form of social
control.
Example of microagression

Boys are teased


for engaging in
culturally
feminine
activities such
as playing
house or playing
with dolls
Example of microagression

Girls are teased


for engaging in
“men’s” sports
Example of microagression

“Bakla”
“Para kang babae”

You might also like