SXST 1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Judith Butler, Robert Stoller, False Dilemma

• School: York University
• Department: Sexuality Studies
• Course: SXST 1600
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Appears natural but is a social construction. Built into the constructions of normative sexuality are also normative expectations around sex and gender sex=biology, gender=social normative assumption: 1972: coined by sexologist john money (and anke aherhart and/or robert stoller) popularized by feminists one the assumptions about how two different sexes, females were more likely to be mothers and males were more likely to promiscuous. -> social gender makes it seem that sex is natural or biological, when reality is that they"re both social constructed. -> undermines natural dichotomy/binary (two opposing things, good/bad) between sexes. Societal belief: two dichotomous sexes naturally paired in heterosexual couples. Heterogendered norms or the heterosexual sex/gender norms. Identity is a performance that is established through repeated actions. Gender and sex is a repeated performance. Seems natural, but is actually the result of social forces and socialization. Early sexology: project of categories and classification: sexology: first human science of sexuality (emerges in the 1800s)