WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Trans Woman, Nail Polish, Doc Zone

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1F90
• Professor: Leslie Nichols

Document Summary

Genderism: the practice of strict adherence to a binary gender system that, by definition, oppresses those who fall outside of it. Gender identity: an individual"s intrinsic sense of self and their sense of being female, male, a combination of both, or neither regardless of their biological sex. Gender expression: refers to the way an individual expresses their gender identity (eg, in the way they dress, the length and style of their hair the way they act or speak, choice of whether or not to wear makeup) Gender nonconforming: do not follow other people"s ideas or stereotypes about how they should look or act based on the female or male sex they were assigned at birth (also called. Intersex (general term to replace hermaphrodite: used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn"t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.