RELG 271 Final: Deconstructing Difference

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 271
• Professor: Jon Waind

Document Summary

Slide 1 dimorphic sexuality dimorphic view: difference in observable characteristics, distinction between males and females in the same species, Polymorphic world: people holding onto dimorphic view in a polymorphic world. The idea being a radical agency freedom of choice. Slide 4 definitions in an age of flux. Transgender: acceptance of the sex of one"s body, but not the roles socially assigned to that body. Transexual: discomfort with the sex of one"s body and a rejection of the roles associated with that body. Gender dysphoria: conflict between the sex of one"s body at birth and the gender with which the individual identifies. Intersex: person born with chromosomes, external genitalia or internal.