Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sex Assignment, Conversion Therapy, Heterosexism
16 Dec 2017
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Disproportionate harm: exceeds harm inflicted on individuals; has as its goal to intimidate and/or injure an entire community. Gender identity: the gender that a person feels him-or herself to be. Sometimes gender identity is concordant with one"s assigned sex at birth, and sometimes one"s gender identity is more fluid, or can be opposite to one"s sex of rearing. Gender expression: how we express our gender (as masculine feminine, tomboy, or androgynous, as butch, straight, etc. ) Sexual orientation: the identification of individuals as heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual based on their emotional and sexual attractions, relationships, self-identity, and lifestyle. Transgender: persons who do not fit neatly into either the male or female category, or whose behaviour is not congruent with the rules and expectations for their sex in the society in which they live. Lesbigays: a collective term sometimes used to refer to lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. The global context: a world view of laws pertaining to same-sex activity.
