WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Y Chromosome, Sexual Attraction, Sex Assignment

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

This typically is done as a baby. 1 in 2000 people are born intersex. This can manifest at birth or develop with puberty: the binary model is not holding up. Being phased out by social views: gender should be derived from sex. The human geno project: gathered researchers from all over the world, quest to identify 25000 genes in human dna. Logical failures: populating genes r us, triggers process at the cellular level, we do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ha(cid:449) e(cid:448)erythi(cid:374)g (cid:449)orks yey, not a frozen process. Fertile: we behave based on our environment. The cultural shuffle: can tell where someone is from based on their walk, learn to move in cultural ways, canadians have a medest walk. Not a big arm swing: diversity is the norm, try people watching. The gender unicorn model: looks at various aspects of life. Mobius strip model: allows for variation.