WGS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Identity
25 Sep 2017
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The assignment of masculine feminine or neuter characteristics to bodies in. Society defines the characteristics, appropriate work, parenting, public affairs of a man or. Gender meanings vary over time and among societies. gender is socially constructed and. Gender identity- the gender you identify with. Gender role- the role society expects certain genders to play. Gender binary- boxes where there are only two ideas, masculine or feminine. Gender spectrum- the idea that there aren"t two boxes where people fit in, there"s a. Transgender- a person who identified with a different gender than what their biological. An umbrella term that may include transsexuals, cross dressers, drag queens, drag kings, butch lesbians and any other people transgressing the socially constructed confines of gender. wide range of expression for people to fall on sex marks them. Many north american indian societies traditionally recognized 3 or 4 genders:
