ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Michel Foucault, Third Gender, Transsexual
27 Nov 2017
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Hailed as normative: with respect to sex, argues they are at least ve sexes (many being various forms of intersex, western people have been deeply committed to the idea of two sexes . Argues that its maintenance (two sex system) is in de ance of nature and represents a form of what michel foucault calls biopower or medical management of the body to discipline the body and make it normative and less. Unruly - believed that there was actually 5 genders in nature, and only having 2 represented was in de ance of nature. In some cultures, shifting gender roles is normal. As such, one"s sex does not always correspond with expected gender roles and constructs or identity. Transgender - persons whose gender identity, gender expression, or behaviour does not conform to their sex assigned at birth. Examples of categories of transgender: transexual, androgyne, gender non- conforming, multi-gendered, two-spirit, genderqueer.
