SOC 603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heteronormativity, Parental Investment, Masculinity
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Sex: physiological characteristics (hormones, genitals etc. : male, female, intersex. Gender: cultural characteristics: a performance, performed very differently in different places, culturally and geographically different, masculinity, femininity, gender queer (non bianary, trans. Both ^^socially constructed different in different places. Broad categories: bianary constructions of sex is socially construction, intersex identities, broad constructs of different bodies, ex. 2: so strong patriarchy male the original body, body threw male gaze share the exact same body, just flipped inside out, study art lit, study of philosophy. 3: before if you got sick you would go to priest, women and midwives knew most about medicine treat the si(cid:272)k, (cid:858)(cid:449)it(cid:272)hes(cid:859, patriarchial man and women shared same body. No drugs back then except heroin, coke and ether. Biological determinism/sociobiology: passed off as scientific, use medical knowledge to pass off ideas of the era to push social constructs. 8 ann foster sterling: you are entirely a social construction.
