SOCIOL 2Q06 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heredity, Social Psychology, Male Prostitution
20 Oct 2013
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Chapter 1: the social construction of sex, gender and sexuality. Sex: refers to the condition of being male or female as identified from a biological stand point. Sex dimorphism: division of the human population into categories of male or female - rests on notion of dichotomy (division into two) Dualism: in any domain of reality there are two separate and distinct underlying principles --> male/female, white/black. Gender: refers to femininity and masculinity as identified from a sociocultural standpoint. All expected and actual thoughts, feelings and behaviours associated with masculinity and femininity. Gender has external ( expected) and internal ( actual) dimensions which is modified through social interaction. Berdache: male prostitute--> aboriginal men dressed and performed as women , and had sex with men. People who did not fit into berdaches dichotomous paradigm were described as homosexual, travesties etc. ( ethnocentric people) Nadleeh ( navajo): masculine female body, and feminine male bodied.
