SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Testicle, Playboy Mansion, Pansexuality
29 Nov 2012
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Sex versus gender: female xx, male xy, gonads: ovaries, testes. Gender: social understanding and categories; focus on the social meanings attached to being male or female; how gender socialization constructs masculinity and femininity. Gender shapes our social experiences and that is why it"s important. Sex: biological l understanding and dichotomous categories, focus on physiological differences. 14 siq mcmullin and cairney: self-esteem varies by gender and structural advantage (structural disadvantage: women, ses (socio-economic status) have low self-esteem self-esteem is how one feels about themselves. People with high self-esteem feel worthy, satisfied with themselves. Individuals who depart from normative roles about being men or women, people who believe sex assigned at birth does not fit who they are. Some transgendered are transsexuals who want to change their gender by changing their appearance including gender reassignment therapy. An individual whose chromosomal and/or hormonal make-up and/or sexual/ reproductive anatomy is different than what is typical.
