SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Glass Ceiling, Essentialism, Social Constructionism
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Biological, anatomic differences between males and females. Distinction between male or female over simplification. Behaviours, feelings, attitudes associated with being male or female. Each society has gender roles (general, how people should act) Q: does biological difference translate directly into a gender difference between masculine & feminine (are they related?) Transgender: gender non conformity, blurs, challenged widely accepted gender roles (independent from sexual orientation, identify themselves as being male/female despite their anatomy (sex, transsexual = born in the wrong body . Gender is more complex than what we learn as kids, not as complex as it should be. Sex, sometimes doesn"t (definitions and how these 4 are related) Who you love, date, sleep with, and are attracted to . Traditional way: sex -> gender -> sexual orientation -> sex. Males have more testosterone aggression is like a moustache. Men have a greater capacity to develop strength. Aggression is necessary for reproduction of the species.
