SOC 603 Lecture Notes - Gender Dysphoria, Herma, Puberty

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Soc 603: rethinking sex & gender: trans- identities & experiences. How do we uphold the idea of two sexes: fetal sex determination, language: very difficult to talk about someone without identifying someone"s sex. Women had to hide wedding rings, etc: same sex marriage wasn"t illegal until 2005, sexual expression, homosexuality illegal in 70/195 countries; homosexual activity wasn"t decriminalized in canada until 1967, sports/athletics: canada"s olympic team accepts females in 1928. Intersexual bodies 2, 5 or more biological sexes: biologically, many gradations from male to female: a continuum, intersexual bodies: mixture of female and male traits, lack of fit among genitals, gonads, and/or chromosomes. Idea that married women should not be employed because of the idea of male breadwinner; no economic need because the husbands would take care of them. Why does this matter: we rely on gender stereotypes (fixed sex categories) as tools to help us take mental short cues: selective processing, examples:

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