Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sex Organ, Essentialism, Femininity
12 Feb 2018
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Gender: intersex, gender in the larger context, becoming our gender, theories of gender. Sex: depends on whether a person was born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of the reproductive system. Gender: the feelings, attitudes, desires, and behaviors that are associated with a particular sexual category. Becoming our sex: how do we become our sex, obvious answer: sex is natural, biologically determined, obvious answer: sex is natural, biologically determined, but: what about those individuals who don"t neatly fit into the. They are called fags, sissy, queer, feminine, pussy, etc. Body shaming, tomboy/dyke, bossy or bitchy, prude, slut/whore. Two main perspectives: essentialism: school of thought the views gender differences as a reflection of biological differences between men and women, functionalist would take this approach, social construction: regards gender differences as constructed by social structure and culture. 1: makes huge generalizations and ignores variations within gender.
