SOSC 1350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hegemonic Masculinity, Male Privilege, Heterosexuality
9 Dec 2018
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Gender and the law sosc 1350 midterm review. Cisgendered individuals are those whose gender identity roughly corresponds with their anatomy, or the sex that they were assigned at birth. Transgendered individuals are those whose gender identity does not necessarily coincide with the gender they were assigned at birth, and may or may not have had reconstructive surgery. Gendered oppression arises from the concept of gender" and the process of gendering. Gender" was the term adopted by second wave feminists to distinguish between biological aspects of being male or female and the cultural of femininity or masculinity. Gender, like sex and race, is socially constructed what is considered hegemonic femininity/masculinity is defined by society and constitutes norms regarding gender categories. In girls wear pink and boys wear blue", newman and. White illustrate the relationship between gender and biological sex and how the process of gendering is not natural but rather social.
