SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sex Assignment, Parental Leave, Androcentrism
Document Summary
Law and gender: only 2 choices either male or female, out society is built on a gender binary that is socially constructed, example: indecency in canadian law. Feminist legal frameworks and reforms: gender neutrality in family law and criminal law (naffine and the man question , two types of equality and intersectionality. Trans people and the law: indocile bodies and the cjs (kirkup, policing and imprisonment of trans. In a binary, everything fits into one of the two categories; no third or fouth option. Gender binary exists in many different forms, work differently in different times and spaces. In sphere of indecency legislation, bodies are already always gendered: ex, bathrooms. E. g. , gross indecency used to prosecute men having sex in public; indecent performances used to prosecute female dancers, indecent acts used to prosecute men who expose themselves to women. Gross indecency: used to criminalize gay men having sex in public.
