SOCA01H3 Lecture : Lecture 5
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(c) freud & essentialism (a) sex & gender (b) sex in history: essentialism & constructionism. You avoid eye contact when you have sex. People had problems with the word pregnancy. Orgiastic: incorporated sexuality into worship; heidenism reiligions of the modern world. Freud & libido:- superego-> ego -> id. Freud is the root of all human behavior. Freud brought sex out of the closet. False pregnancy: the biology & sociology of sex. Female ovum: departures from traditional gender. Roles (b) the body as sex (c) sociology of the body (a) chromosomes (a) hermaphroditism (intersex) (b) transexuals. Individuals who believe that they were born in the wrong body. People who feel they are trapped in the wrong body and are absolutely convinced of that. In india there is a old phenomenon (d) meterosexuals (c) transgendered. Cross-dressing; uncomfortable with the male and female traditional gender roles.
