SOC101 Lecture Notes - Intersex, Binary Opposition, Liposuction
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Biologically rooted; describes our physical bodies whereby we distinguish between male and female. Categorized based on binaries implying diametrical opposites opposite sex . Socially constructed characteristics associated with girls and boys, men and women. Not clear if they are male or female. Transgender used as an umbrella term for those who do not fit into normative constrictions of sex and gender. Transsexual used to encompass those who undergo sex reassignment (realignment: masculinity and femininity. Ideal of masculinity that men are supposed to strive to achieve. Requires men to be successful, capable, and reliable. ~ how does our media and connections, etc, reinforce what it means to be male and how do we build on that and reproduce it from one generation to the next. Based on women"s compliance with their subordination to men. Requires women to be supportive, enthusiastic, sexually attractive. -look at commercials: reproducing gender: families and education.