Arts and Humanities 1020E Lecture 3: lecture intersex II
24 Mar 2018
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Feminist theory on the two-sex binary the notion that biology is not destiny has always been at the heart of radical feminism (penny) "the two-sex system embedded in our society is not adequate to encompass the full spectrum of human sexuality" (fausto-sterling 14) "queer feminist theory deconstructs the gender binary and contributes much to our understanding of the role of sport in normalizing and maintaining the two-sex system" (travers 431) Intersex intersexuality is normal and common variation (15) "all children should be assigned as boy or girl, without. Isna say that some intersex people say that people find great joy in being able to act out their chosen gender so they don"t want a genderless society. Fausto-sterling suggested a five-sex system to replace our two-sex binary: female, male, plus herms - testes and ovaries to act out their chosen gender so they don"t want a genderless society.
