SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Murder Of Tammy Homolka, Battered Person Syndrome, Psy
8 Dec 2016
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Cisgendered: an individual who is cisgendered is someone whose self-perception of their gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth. This is in contrast to transgendered individuals whose gender identity does not correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth. Lavell: a case involving the status of an aboriginal woman. The indian act (1876) provides canada s government control over land and aboriginal affairs. Lavell challenged this but the court ruled that since this law was applied the same for all aboriginal women, they were not being treated unequally. This decision was an example of the application of formal equality. Persons case: (1929) the famous 5 succeeded in having women defined as. persons in section 24 of the british north america act and thereby, eligible for appointment to the senate. This was significant because it was formerly believed that women lacked the capacity to reason and therefore should not be considered persons.
