GWSS 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Asexuality, Hegemonic Masculinity, Bisexuality
27 Jun 2018
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GWSS 262 – LECTURE 1
Vocabulary Toolbox:
Sex:
oBiological characteristics which define humans as FEMALE or MALE
Chromosomes
Hormones
Internal genitalia
External genitalia
oAn individual's sex is NOT ALWAYS clearly male or female
Intersex conditions
o"female vs male"
Gender:
oArray of
Socially constructed roles and relationships
Personality traits
Behaviors
Attitudes
Values
Relative power and influence that are ascribed to the two sexes on a differential
basis
Changes over time
Varies across cultures
oBiology comes with you, gender is added later
oGender constructs
Gender reveal parties
Wheels or heels
Should be really called sex reveal parties
oAcquired identity that is learned, changes over time, and varies widely within and across
cultures
o"masculine vs feminine"
oGender is relational
oNot everyone falls neatly between the two categories
Exist along a continuum
Towards the middle of the continuum, you "confuse" people
Social judgment
Family stress
Cisgender and Transgender
oCisgender: when they identify with the gender that matches the sex they were assigned
at birth
oTransgender: individual usually does not identify with the gender that matches the sex
they were assigned at birth
But that doesn't mean they automatically identify as the "opposite" gender
Queer
Agender
Gender non binary
Some don't like being either thing
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Document Summary
Biological characteristics which define humans as female or male. External genitalia: an individual"s sex is not always clearly male or female. Relative power and influence that are ascribed to the two sexes on a differential basis. Biology comes with you, gender is added later: gender constructs. Should be really called sex reveal parties: acquired identity that is learned, changes over time, and varies widely within and across cultures o. "masculine vs feminine: gender is relational, not everyone falls neatly between the two categories. Towards the middle of the continuum, you "confuse" people. Cisgender: when they identify with the gender that matches the sex they were assigned at birth o. Transgender: individual usually does not identify with the gender that matches the sex they were assigned at birth. But that doesn"t mean they automatically identify as the "opposite" gender. By product of our highly separated gender system. It came that way from nature: unchanging, unchangeable o o o o o.
