SOC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Pierre Trudeau, Heterosexism
2 Nov 2017
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Sex is a big part of everyday life, however canadian culture has long treated sex as taboo; even today, many people avoid talking about it. Sex refers to the biological distinction between females and males: male sperm and female ovum combine to form embryo - xx, xy etc, sex of the embryo guides its development. If male, growth of testicular tissue starts to produce testosterone which leads to development of male genitals. Gender is an element of culture that refers to the personal traits and patterns of behaviour that a culture attaches to being female/male. Intersexual people refers to people whose bodies (including genitals) have both female and male characteristics - very rare, aka hermaphrodite. In canada our culture demands sex to be clear-cut, even at birth parents have to record the sex of their new child as f or m. Transexuals: transsexuals are people who feel they are one sex even though biologically they are the other.
