SOCI 2610H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Psychological Association, Judith Butler, Heteronormativity
6 Nov 2018
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Linking gender, sex, and sexuality: binaries (gender, sex, sexual orientation, dichotomous division between the biological sexes (biological and physiological characteristics genetics and chromosomes) Gender differences are the cultural and social understandings about what it means to be part of different gender categories (masculine and feminine) Not innate interactional, learned and enacted: judith butler - gender is performative, west and zimmerman - doing gender . Statistical rarity: american psychological association (2006), 1 in 1,500 are born with genitalia that cannot be classified. Sex reassignment surgery to correct the variation from male or female anatomies. Does this need to be done: individuals will live a life of alienation and despair, preves (2002), the majority of intersexed children do not need medical intervention for their psychological health. Why: linked to the process of biological reproduction, religious influences, deviance challenges norms and strongly held beliefs. This relationship would instill values and be an educational experience.
