PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Minority Stress, Intersectionality, Trans Woman

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Biological determinism: the way that people see your biology determines how or what you live. Born with a vulva someday you will be a wife and a mother based. Behaviour doesn"t equal identity: ex, sex workers, actors, experimentation, Labels: depend on cultural context and expectations. We question ourselves until we find something that sort of fits. Then we use that label to communicate what we are into or not. etc. Sex you know yourself to be: embodiment. The sex that you are designated (by doctor or professional) at birth. Includes stature, facial hair, chest hair, tone of voice, whether or not you get bald etc. Intersex: people who have ambiguous genitalia unsure if penis or vulva. (cid:498)) don"t like having boobs, ) don"t like having facial hair(cid:499) belief that there is only male or female. Non-binary: someone who doesn"t (cid:498)fit(cid:499) into man or woman. feminine. Gender expression can be perceived differently based on social and cultural contexts.