SOAN 2400 Chapter 40: Chapter 40 .docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2400
• Professor: Victoria Kannen

Document Summary

Joesph harry"s research suggests that gender should be considered an important variable in queerbashing incidents: harry found that groups of assailants involved in these crimes relied on gender cues to ascertain sexual identity, related study confirms this hypothesis: 39 percent of men surveyed who behaved in a feminine manner has been physically assaulted, compared with 22 percent of man who were masculine and only 17 percent of men who conducted themselves in a very masculine fashion, western societies only believe that there are two different genders (man and women) this creates a problem for transgendered people, as they have to choose one just to fit into society, although certain sections of the city are known for their transsexuals and transvestites, these people are usually only visible at night, much activist response to violence against sexual and gender minorities has centered on the gay village of a particular city.