SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Compulsory Heterosexuality, Grammatical Gender, Penis Envy
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Summary of biological sex differences during typical fetal development. Epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, penis, scrotum. Sociological gender comprises the feelings, attitudes, and behaviors of being male/female. Gender identity is identifying with a particular sex (biologically psychologically, and socially) Gender role is expectations of how male/female should act. Research shows that north american"s expectations of gender roles have changed somewhat from 1960s. In 1960s-1970s, males were expected to act tough as time went by, it became less expected. Accountability structures (e. g. peers, family, church) sanction our abnormal behavior. People are transgendered when their gender identity does not match their sex assignment at birth. Transsexuals identify with the opposite sex from their assigned sex, causing them to change their appearance (sex change). From eichler"s point of view, transgendered individuals are a problem for people because our society does not understand the intermediate sexes. No one-to-one relationship exists between sex and gender.
