SOAN 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-49: Intersectionality, Epistle To The Philippians, Heterosexism
6 Dec 2016
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Labelling an individual as a man or woman is a social decision. Only our beliefs about gender can define our sex not science although some scientific knowledge can help. Our beliefs about gender affect the knowledge our scientists produce about sex. John money & anke ehrhardt argued that sex and gender are separate categories and that gender is represented by social forces that model behaviour and sex represents the bodies anatomy and physiological workings. Intersex narratives by sharon e. preves, ph. d. (2): x10 intersex is a social not a medical problem. Preves argues surgeries on babies of intersex aren"t for them or their protection but to keep social order ( called genetically unambiguous children when they are born intersex and doctors surgically make them into one gender) Doctors classify a large clitoris as a medical condition referred to as clitoral megaly , doctors do surgery on large clitoris"s because it looks too much like a penis that"s it.
