SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hegemonic Masculinity, Plastic Surgery, Binary Opposition
26 Feb 2015
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Sex a determination of male or female on the basis of a set of socially agreed-upon biological criteria. Binary construction can either be male or female. Gender social distinctions between masculinity and femininity. Feminist theorists argued that we needed a way to distinguish between biology and the social effects of biological differences which is how the term gender was developed. Gender is understood as binary opposition between masculinity and femininity. Intersexed individuals individuals born with ambiguous genitalia. Tend to have some combination of male and female genitalia and/or chromosomes. Gender relations organizing principles that shape and order interactions between, as well as the relative social importance of, women and men. Gender also intersects with other organizing principles in society, like race, class and sexuality. While there may be dominant constructions of masculinity and femininity, in reality there are multiple masculinities and femininities. Transsexual a person who under goes sex reassignment, which may include surgeries (facial and genital) or hormonal treatment.
