BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4413-0e3e8e5ad1faa2c1aa6b6afaaef27bb0@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T214313Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T180000 SUMMARY:Richard B. Lippin Lecture in Ethics DESCRIPTION:\nThe Rock Ethics Institute presents \;Katrina Karkazis\ , acclaimed anthropologist and bioethicist\, whose research examines fem inist\, medicoscientific\, and policy debates over categorizations and d efinitions of sex and the consequences of these definitions for the mate rial conditions of everyday life.\n\nPresenting the Rock Ethics Institut e&rsquo\;s annual Lippin Lecture\, Karkazis will speak on \;&ldquo\; Sex Itself: The Science\, Politics\, and Ethics of Categorization.&rdquo \;\n\nAbstract: Whether one is entering into military service\, seeking identity documents\, enrolling in a clinical trial\, or participating in organized sports\, the categorization of bodies according to &ldquo\;se x&rdquo\; is central to the organization of society. Who is a woman\, an d who is a man&mdash\;and what makes someone a woman or a man&mdash\;may seem like simple questions\, but making a determination of sex has long been understood as far from straightforward.\n\nDecisions about which t raits (or sets of traits) are used or studied\, in what combination\, an d for what purpose are inextricably tied to why sex categorization exist s and whom or what it serves. Far from neutral or objective\, sex classi fication and definition rely on cultural norms about the &ldquo\;appropr iate&rdquo\; relationships between sex\, gender\, and sexuality\, and wo rk in tandem with power to support social norms and goals as well as soc iopolitical hierarchies that determine opportunities\, rights\, and priv ileges. \;\n\nThis talk is concerned with the problem of sex &ldquo\ ;itself&rdquo\;&mdash\;what sex is&mdash\;and what sex does using exampl es from two decades of my work. Far from being straightforward\, I explo re the ways in which sex is infinitely mutable and its meaning far more related to the needs of the state and society than those so classified.\ n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/rei_lippin-lecture- kk/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Rock Ethics Institute presents Katrina Karkazis, acclaimed anthropologist and bioethicist, whose research examines feminist, medicoscientific, and pol icy debates over categorizations and definitions of sex and the conseque nces of these definitions for the material conditions of everyday life.< /p>

Presenting the Rock Ethics Institute’s annual Lippin Lecture , Karkazis will speak on “Sex Itself: The Science, Politics, and Ethics of Categorization.”

Abstract: Whether o ne is entering into military service, seeking identity documents, enroll ing in a clinical trial, or participating in organized sports, the categ orization of bodies according to “sex” is central to the org anization of society. Who is a woman, and who is a man—and what ma kes someone a woman or a man—may seem like simple questions, but m aking a determination of sex has long been understood as far from straig htforward.

Decisions about which traits (or sets of traits) are used or studied, in what combination, and for what purpose are inex tricably tied to why sex categorization exists and whom or what it serve s. Far from neutral or objective, sex classification and definition rely on cultural norms about the “appropriate” relationships bet ween sex, gender, and sexuality, and work in tandem with power to suppor t social norms and goals as well as sociopolitical hierarchies that dete rmine opportunities, rights, and privileges. 

This tal k is concerned with the problem of sex “itself”—what s ex is—and what sex does using examples from two decades of my work . Far from being straightforward, I explore the ways in which sex is inf initely mutable and its meaning far more related to the needs of the sta te and society than those so classified.

For more details: https://ev ents.la.psu.edu/event/rei_lippin-lecture-kk/

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