WMGS 5a Lecture 10: WMGS notes post November

• School: Brandeis University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WMGS 5a
• Professor: Lamb Sarah

Document Summary

*missed notes because somehow deleted* sex - biology gender - social identity sexuality - one"s sexual preferences and desires. Too fast to be a woman? story of caster semenya. Well michael phelps has advantageously long arms that make him a better swimmer but. Maybe she just has high levels of testosterone as many women do no one questions that. Born female, in no way extraordinary, raised female. Clitoris enlarges around puberty, sprouts male-like hair over body, begins to ejaculate at puberty. Courts decide she was more male than female, so reassigned male. Is the us ready for a woman president? http://indianexpress. com/article/opinion/web- edits/us-presidential-elections-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-2016-is-the-us-ready-for-a- woman-president-3741920/ (english language indian newspaper) comments: well he is somewhat scathed. Some intersex people will take on a more fluid gender identity. = disorder (more stigmatizing) or difference of sex development. Woman vs. female - when to use which? quickanddirtytips. com/education/grammar/woman-versus-female-0.