SOCA02H3 Chapter 11: SOCA02 Chapter 11 Notes
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Intersexed infants babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other cause. Sex depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. People learn conventional gender roles in the course of everyday interaction, during so(cid:272)ializatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) a(cid:374)d s(cid:272)hool, th(cid:396)ough ad(cid:448)e(cid:396)tisi(cid:374)g (cid:894)(cid:862)hete(cid:396)o(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)ati(cid:448)e(cid:863) lea(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:895) Heterosexuality the p(cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e fo(cid:396) (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s of the (cid:862)opposite(cid:863) se(cid:454) as se(cid:454)ual pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396)s. O(cid:373)e people (cid:396)esist, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:396)eje(cid:272)t ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) that"s assig(cid:374)ed to the(cid:373) (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al se(cid:454), which sometimes leads to negative sanctions to get them to conform or punished for deviance through use of emotional and physical violence. Current gender creates and maintains social inequality. According to sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists, all humans instinctively try to ensure that their genes are passed on to future generations.
