Anthropology 1025F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hysterectomy, Mastectomy, Intersectionality
14 Nov 2014
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One is not born a woman [or a man], but becomes one . Jo/"hoansi : don"t menstruate till their 18: usa: the girls that are athletic in the states start their menstruation cycle late, example 2: female anatomy, example 3: hysterectomy / mastectomy. Gender performance: gender performance, sexually identity, especially in relation to society or culture, and the manner in which or the efficiency with which something reacts or fulfills its intended purpose. Internalization of roles shapes gender identity: norms dictate and constrain gender roles, transgender: doesn"t fit in the assigned box, we get our gender identity from the information that society gives. Gender normativity normativity: ritualized repetition of culturally specific gender performances creates gender, we assume that we are all going to fit in the gender binaries. Larger social systems entrench gender structures according to gender normativity: heteronormativity: assume the normality of complementary gender binaries. Also assume that our gender identifies infers our sexual preference.
