SOSC 1350 Midterm: Gender and the Law Midterm Exam Review

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Cisgendered: an individual who is cisgendered is someone whose self-perception of their gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth. This is in contrast to transgendered individuals whose gender identity does not correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth. Cisgendered individuals could fall under the mythical norm whereas transgendered individuals would not. Common law: law common to all, the part of english law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes. Common law is significant because it involves greater equality than statute law since similar cases will have a similar verdict. It adds an element of predictability into court decisions. Corbett: in the case of corbett v. corbett, april ashley corbett was a post-op trans woman (mtf). The judge determined april"s gender identity and surgery was irrelevant. There was an expert medical testimony, chromosome test, the expert stated that sex fixed at birth and cannot be changed, biology is everything.

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