Women's Studies 1021F/G Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Queer, Transsexual, Signify
12 Oct 2018
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Women's Studies
1021F/G
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Week #1
INTRODUCTION TO SEXUALITY STUDIES
• Why is sexuality important?
• Are diverse sexual identities a modern phenomenon?
• Is asexuality a sexuality?
• Why do some countries have the death penalty for LGBTQ people?
• What are current Canadian rights for trans people?
• Why is Caster Semenya a controversial Olympic athlete?
WHAT IS SEX?
Gametes
> A sexual act between two (or more) consenting adults that involves oral, anal or vaginal penetration
> Biological identity, what anatomy we possess
> Something we perform, something we do
> Biological sex made up of different aspects, the key ones being:
> Gametes (ova and sperm)
> Chromosomes (contain our hereditary information, we have 23 pairs of chromosomes, one pair being
for sex)
> Hormones (chemical messengers controlling reproduction, estrogen/testosterone)
CHROMOSOMES
• Male chromosomes XY
• Female chromosomes XX
• Intersex chromosomes XXY, XO
HORMONES
• Testosterone: main male sex hormone
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• Estrogen: primary female sex hormone
• Levels can vary in each sex
> Surprising amount of variety in bodies as to hormone levels. We tend to simplify.
SEXED CATEGORIES
Male, female, intersex
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
Sexual dimorphism: secondary sexual characteristics
Men typically have more body hair and broader shoulders, women tend to have breasts and larger hips.
SEX AND BIOLOGICAL REPRODUCTION
Heterosexual intercourse > reproduction > Continuation of the species
> Sex has taken on a different form of meaning than earlier years
> Preventative measures against pregnancy have always existed
BIOLOGICAL SEXUAL DIVERSITY
• Biological diversity if potentially infinite and unpredictable
• Sexual variability in biological terms exists on a continuum rather than a fixed binary
• Its ultue, athe tha atue, that doest like seual diesit
HOW DO FACTS OF SEX T‘ANSLATE INTO SEXUALITY?
• if sex relates to the functioning of the body then sexuality relates to sexual orientation, and to
how the body is read, interpreted, fashioned, imagined, constrained, disciplined, etc., in the
world
• Were born with a body and the minute we are born the body starts getting interpreted, we are
born into culture and the social world
• Sexuality in this sense is closely connected to gender
WHICH COMES FIRST?
• Sex – sexuality – gender, which comes first?
• Sex comes first, then gender and then sexuality
WHAT IS GENDER?
• The way you see yourself
• Masculine or feminine representations of self
• Something that prescribes roles in society
• Who you are and not hat ou ae etee the eas ot the legs
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• Gender is embodied, a lot of it is who we are, unconscious thought behind it
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Document Summary
> a sexual act between two (or more) consenting adults that involves oral, anal or vaginal penetration. > biological sex made up of different aspects, the key ones being: > chromosomes (contain our hereditary information, we have 23 pairs of chromosomes, one pair being for sex) Chromosomes: male chromosomes xy, female chromosomes xx. Week #1: estrogen: primary female sex hormone. > surprising amount of variety in bodies as to hormone levels. Men typically have more body hair and broader shoulders, women tend to have breasts and larger hips. Heterosexual intercourse > reproduction > continuation of the species. > sex has taken on a different form of meaning than earlier years. > preventative measures against pregnancy have always existed. Biological sexual diversity: biological diversity if potentially infinite and unpredictable, sexual variability in biological terms exists on a continuum rather than a fixed binary. Its (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e, (cid:396)athe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e, that does(cid:374)(cid:859)t like se(cid:454)ual di(cid:448)e(cid:396)sit(cid:455)
