ACMA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Femininity, Masculinity, Arapesh Languages
17 Dec 2015
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Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions (oed) The state of being male or female (mw) Determined by the presence or absence of specific reproductive, physical traits. Often but not always binary- m, f, intersex, genitally ambiguous. What sex is recorded at birth by doctors; only m/f. Biologists and scientists coming around to the idea of different genders; been around for a long time. The state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones) (oed) The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex (mw) gender is social, cultural, behavioural, psychological. Fluid, variable, dependent on expression rather than (or along with) physicality between stereotypes. Masculine, feminine, androgynous, and all the combinations in- Gender is a set of behaviours we take on and are hidden by gender.
