SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Kurgan, Sexual Assault, Liberal Feminism
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A baby boy lost his penis during a circumcision procedure and would be intersexed for his life. Intersexed - infants are babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other cause. Dr. john money reassigned the baby to female. Reassigned as a man, but david reimer committed suicide. Sex - depends on whether you were born with distinctive male or female genitals and genetic programs that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. Gender - refers to the feelings attitudes desires and behaviors that are associated with a particular sexual category. Babies have a vague sense of identity at 1 and fully developed gender identity at 2 and 3. Heteronormativity - is the belief that sex is binary (one must be either male or female as. Social learning is heteronormative heterosexuality is seen as normal.
