SOCI-100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sexual Script Theory, Implicit Stereotype, Intersex
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Foucault proposed there are multiple ways of understanding any social phenomenon; the understandings which emerge from those in power become widely accepted (called elite discourse) (femininity and masculinity in terms o personality/traits) Through socialization elite discourses become deeply ingrained and difficult to change. Sex: biological characteristics that include sex chromosomes, primary and secondary sex characteristics determined at birth. Gender refers to the expected and actual thoughts, feelings and behaviours associated with a certain sex, within a certain culture at a given point in history. Dualism: euro-canadian culture uses this for sex; two opposing categories (male and female) Because sex is based on dualism, gender is assumed to be as well. Dualism also refers to attraction: heterosexuality and homosexuality. Sex and gender as a spectrum (there are many differences in sex characteristics) I(cid:374)terse(cid:454)ed (cid:894)ie xxy(cid:895): a perso(cid:374) (cid:449)ho"s ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al se(cid:454) (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s fall outside the bounds of male and female dualism.
