HREQ 1920 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sigmund Freud, Heterosexuality, Heterosexism

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1920
• Professor: Elizabeth Brule

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Part i: definition of the concept (2, significance of the concept in terms of the text which it is found, and in the course (2) Identify the author or text in which the concept is found (1: heteronormativity, heteronormativity is a dominant discourse in today"s society, that normalizes heterosexual relationships and criticises anything that falls out of this social norm. In other words, this normality between males and females is considered a natural process natural in what we call our physical sex, or biological sex with our gender identity and our gender roles. Neither the girl nor the mother has a penis; the girl is angry at the mother for this and identifies with the father. In fact, sterling notes that the binary classification of males and females should be expanded on into a classification of five different sexes, including herms, merms, and ferms.