PS288- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 132 pages long!)
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Sex refers to biological categories of male and female. Masculinity and femininity: masculinity: traits, behaviours, interests assigned by society to male gender role, competence independence, and power, femininity: traits, behaviours, interests assigned to the female gender role, emotional, nurturing, social. Gender identity disorder (gid: classification in the dsm iv tr, people who are uncomfortable with their assigned biological sex, transgender, controversy about whether gid should be classified as a mental disorder. Feminism: definitions vary, titanic example women and children first should be. People first: someone who believes men and women should be treated equally, includes high regard for women. Women believe these articles of clothing protect them from men and help preserve the social order. The duties of men and women are distinct and occur in their own separate spaces: man is leader and works outside of the home, and the woman is responsible from the household.
