SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Queer Theory, Heteronormativity, Heterosexism
15 Dec 2016
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C t and allahar (2007) - ivory tower blues: a university system in. Gender and sexualities: sex: biological understanding and dichotomous categories; focus on physiological differences. Intersex: intersex: intersex community, intersexuality: medical community - used by doctors, critique: surgical sex assignment has been done on intersex infants for aesthetic reasons. Should wait until individual is old enough to decide. Re ect bias: an individual whose chromosomal and/or hormonal make-up and/or sexual/ reproductive anatomy is different than what is typical , an intersex individual may have biological feature of both the male and female sexes. [ch 5 of new society elaborates: critique of essentialism: Ignores role of power - historically, men have held more power than women. How it looks at differences - focuses on average differences b/w men and women. Sexualities: lgbtq: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning. pg 109 ns, sexual orientation: refers to the way a person derives sexual pleasure [pg 109 of.
