ANP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Caster Semenya, Gender Role
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Sex - observable physical diffs btn male and female, especially biological expressions related to reproduction. Case study: caster semenya and female athletes. How would someone objectively determine whether she is female. 1955-2000 ~1. 7% us born kids did not neatly fit into our idealized notions of male and female. The five sexes (rather than plain dimorphism) A social emergency - a surgery until 2006! Gender: the cltral construction of beliefs and behaviors considered appropriate for each sex. Gender roles: societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable, appropriate and desirable for a person based in their actual or perceived sex. The cltral construction of gender: the ways humans learn to behave as a man or woman, and to recognize behaviors as feminine/masculine. Landers and fine"s (1996): attributes we consider marculine - such as competitive drive and athleticism - are taught to children, and not simply biological. Data: playing time, words of praise, and advice.
