SOC 1501 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Sex Organ, Gender Role, Gender Identity
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We"re all both benefited & harmed b/c of our being male or female. Men can be victims of sexism as well through sexist assumptions. Matriarchy: a hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political & economic structures are controlled by women: few societies are organized this way. Gender refers to the distinctive qualities of men & women (masculinity and femininity) that are culturally created. Primary sex characteristics: the genitalia used in the reproductive process: at birth, these primary sex characteristics distinguish btw male & female. Hermaphrodite: a person in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete: produced through a hormone imbalance before birth, tend to have a combo of female & male genitalia. Chromosomally normal (xy) male born with a penis of 1cm with a urinary opening like that of a female. Western societies only acknowledge 2 sexes while other societies recognize 3: men, woman & berdaches/xaniths biological amles who behave, dress, work & are treated as women.
