SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality, Secularity
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Sex: depends on whether you were born with male or female genitals and a genetic program that released male or female hormones to stimulate development of your reproductive system. Gender: refers to culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in meanings, beliefs, practices associated with femininity and masculinity. Gender identity: identification with, or sense of belonging to a particular sex (biologically, psychologically, socially) Gender ideologies: set of ideas about what constitutes appropriate masculine and feminine roles and behaviors. Heteronormativity: holds that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation, and assumes an alignment between biological sex, gender identity, and gender roles. Intersex: variation in sex characteristics that do not allow distinct sex identification. Transgendered: break social norms by defying rigid gender distinctions. Transsexual: alter their gender, believe they were born in the wrong body. Heterosexual: prefer sexual partners of the opposite sex. Homosexual: prefer sexual partners of the same sex.
