What do these mean Sex of a person Gender of a person Sexual identity Gender identity Give examples characteristics of each Sex What is sex of a person Biological and physiological characteristics that define ID: 525650
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Concepts & ThemesSlide2
What do these mean?
Sex of a person
Gender of a person
Gender identity
Sexual identity
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Give examples/ characteristics of
eachSlide3
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What is the Sex of a Person?
Defining biological & physiological characteristics
Primary
Secondary
Male,
female
I
ntersex
Adrenogenital
syndrome (AGS
)~ 1/10,000 born intersex‘Syndrome’??? Issues?Intersex support groups, advocates¤Slide4
What is Gender?
Socially
constructed
binary
-
Male (sex) = masculine (gender) Female (sex) = feminine (gender)
Role:
Doctor or nurse?
Behavior: Wear pants or a skirt?Activities: Play with trucks or dolls?Attribute: A
ssertive or submissive?¤Slide5
Gender (cont.)
Consequence?
Expected to
adopt gender norms
that
match biological
sex
Expected to accept the norms that match sex/gender
Society dictates gender normsPublic: Economic, political, educational, religious, communal, etc.Domestic: Familial
Society dictates acceptable relationshipsHeterosexual is the norm = what is ‘right’
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Gender & Identity
One’s defined perception
of
their gender
Issue: May contradict gender norms
Androgynous, pangender, gender-fluid, gender non-conforming, gender-queer
Both traits- physical and/or identity
Transgender; AFAB
or AMAB (Assigned Female/Male At B
irth)Sex/gender don’t matchChange to match gender
identityThird gender recognitionNZ, Australia, India, Nepal,Germany as legal status issue
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/16/india-third-gender-claims-place-in-law Slide7
What is Sexual Identity?
One’s defined sexual orientation/ partner preference
Heterosexual
H
omosexual (gay, lesbian)
Expected to fit
into
hetero-normsBisexual
Pansexual Transgender is about gender identityDoesn’t define sexual orientation¤Slide8
Labels
Why do we use labels?
Easier to communicate
Easier to process information
Evolves out of social norms
Problems?
Creates
the ‘other’
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Main Themes
Basis for sex & gender inequality
H
istorical events & influences
Institutions & o
rganizations
Socialization
Private property
Challenging these normsActivism, empowermentWomen’s, intersex, transgender rights as human rts.
Variables to considerMulticulturalismIntersectionalityContextualizing issues and activismEthnocentrism
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