SOC-4610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersex, Gender Binary, Gender Identity
Document Summary
Gender binary is the idea that gender is strictly an either-or option of male/female based on sex assigned at birth. Gender identity is a person"s deep-seated, internal sense of who they are as a gendered being. Cisgender this term describes a person whose gender identity matches the biological sex they were assigned at birth. Sex refers to the biological traits that societies assign to people. Sex assignment/sex category the process at birth or even prenatally by which people are identified as male or female. Sexual dimorphism the claim that sex marks a distinction between two physically and genetically discrete categories of people. Intersexuality variations on sex definitions related to ambiguous genitalia, sex organs, chromosomes or hormones. Gender is a concept that describes how societies determine and manage sex categories. Transgender a person whose biological sex does not align with their gender identity. Gender expression a person"s outward gender presentation, usually comprising personal style, clothing, hairstyle, and body language.
