SOSC 1185 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Binary System, Genderqueer, Middle Ages
16 Oct 2014
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Sex/ gender binary system: definition-a way of thinking and organizing that is based on the belief that there are only 2 normal" biological sex categories. Sees the 2 sexes as opposite" or as very different from each other. Significance- limits room for expression of other genders, teaches society only 2. 2 different ones means they shouldn"t be treated the same because they"re opposites. Act your gender or else you"re an outcast and not accepted by society. Rewarded for acting their gender/ punished for not acting your gender. Articles- fausto-stirling- the 5 sexes: excluded other sexes, corrective surgery to categorized them and if you don"t punished for ex. pick women are buried alive (europe middle ages). Cultures always maintain just the 2, and exclude the other 3, people don"t even know about the other 3. Male, female, herm, merm, ferm. (from the 5 sexes) gould- parents and other appalled by the refusal to pick a gender.
