SOC 1000C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cisgender, Pansexuality, Secondary Sex Characteristic
10 May 2016
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Sex: physical differences of the body, biological identity. Secondary sex characteristics adam"s apple, body hair, breast. Gender: psychological, social, and cultural differences between male and females, social positions that we attach to sex social patterns we associate with men & women cultural differences. Debates over how much is biological and cultural (nature v. nurture) The gender unicorn gender identity how we identify ourselves gender expression. Sex assigned at birth: doctors tell you what you are: female, male, intersex. Sex (some argue that this can be socially constructed) Some cultures have different aspects for each sex. Lesbian: female identified person attracted to another female identified person. Gay: can be for both sexes, but primarily male identified person attracted to another male identified person. Queer: gender/sexual identity - doesn"t identify as one particular gender, array of genders ---- doesn"t believe in gender duality (i"m attracted to whoever i want to) Homosexual: identified as one sex and attracted to same sex.
