WGS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Maggie Nelson, Social Constructionism, Sex Organ

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS101
• Professor: Dr.Meagher

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Argonauts (2015: gender controversy/stereotype: trans people are born in the wrong body and they need to change that not always the case (sometimes it is) **we are setting up another dualism bad** trans = cross, cis = on the side: used very politically cis is part of the problem. Mainstream gender theory: terms of the heterosexual matric. Sex: refers to reproductive biology, chromosomal sex, gametes, external and internal sexual organs, puberty (stature, musculature, hairiness/ hair distribution, voice) Intersex: general term for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with the reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn"t fit the social requirements of male or. Gender: cultural interpretation of biological difference, masculinity vs femininity, Sexuality: the capacity for sexual feelings, generally refers to sexual orientation of sexual practice categories of gender expression and gender identity are (cid:498)woman(cid:499) and (cid:498)man(cid:499) What drives this is kinship system the way we relate to and organize our families.