SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gender Binary, Genderqueer, Sex Assignment
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Humans are divided into 2 distinct sexes on the basis of biological features (chromosomes, sex organs, hormones, etc. ) Male = xy and female = xx. People"s dispositions, attitudes, behaviors, social roles, and other personal qualities are determined by their biology. Very limited capacity to change who they are because they are born who they are. Since women are more nurturing, than it is sense that they should not go to school. Attributing social construct to biological or genetic causes. Purports that male-female differences in sexual scripts/role, the division of labour (home and workplace), selection of the partners, sexual aggression, etc. are natural and universal. People whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. Men have the sex role of being the breadwinner" in a traditional family. Therefore men should be in the workforce and women should be at home. Ignore historical and cultural variability of gender and sex.
