GNDS 125 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Androcentrism, Genderqueer
14 May 2018
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Genders Quiz
Mason Berg
1. Sex: “Sex” are the “apparent” biological features on one’s body. Genetic interplay of
hormones, chromosomes, and environment define your sex generally by the genitals one
has. Sex is assigned at birth, and is used on government records, in the medical field to
categorize people, and in everyday life. It is important to remember that though everyone
has a sex, sex and gender are completely different concepts and should not be confused.
2. Transgender: “Transgender” is the switching of one’s assigned gender at birth to properly
align with how someone identifies. Transgender characters in the media are often times a
problem, as though they are being shown and represented, they are not being represented
by actual transgender people who suffer hardship every day for existing. In
“Transparent”, though transgender people are being recognized, they are not being given
work in TV still, something we must change.
3. Androcentrism: Androcentrism is a lens in which we can acknowledge ways in which
this world is not only overpowered by men, but centered around us. It creates a script of
placing men’s interests and priorities above women’s, and uses gendered language to
place barriers barring who can and cannot use the language. For example, using terms
such as “fireman”, “mankind”, “manmade”, all contain the word man, and yet encompass
women and non-binary folks in there as well.
4. Gender: Gender is a socially constructed social status, legal definition, and personal
identity. Divisions in gender have been created by the norms and socially accepted ideas
from the world in which we live. Though gender is a spectrum, people use gendered
words such as man, woman, boy, or girl to classify each other when meeting.
Stereotypical gender roles can be seen in day to day life with things such as clothes.
Though not gendered as they are articles of clothing, society provides them one.
5. Binary Thinking: Described as someone only thinking in two parts, black or white, man
or female, gay or straight. There is an entire spectrum that features thousands of
possibilities of how someone may choose to represent, and binary thinking puts people
under labels and controls how they may think.
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Document Summary
Mason berg: sex: sex are the apparent biological features on one"s body. Genetic interplay of hormones, chromosomes, and environment define your sex generally by the genitals one has. Sex is assigned at birth, and is used on government records, in the medical field to categorize people, and in everyday life. Transgender characters in the media are often times a problem, as though they are being shown and represented, they are not being represented by actual transgender people who suffer hardship every day for existing. It creates a script of placing men"s interests and priorities above women"s, and uses gendered language to place barriers barring who can and cannot use the language. For example, using terms such as fireman , mankind , manmade , all contain the word man, and yet encompass women and non-binary folks in there as well: gender: gender is a socially constructed social status, legal definition, and personal identity.
