FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Oil Lamp, Gender Studies, Cervical Cancer
5 Dec 2017
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How we understand and express ourselves as sexual beings: the degree to which we express this is up to each individual. Intimacy: biologically (characteristics that we are born with, chromosomal sex, hormonal sex, genitalia that we were born with, anatomy, activity, erotic feelings, experiences, desires. What a(cid:271)out the word (cid:862)ge(cid:374)der(cid:863): more societal, social construct, born with certain sexual characteristics, but there are different varieties of gender, cultural, born with certain genitalia, so people assume we are that gender. Anthropology: different cultures might express themselves. Pharmacology: the way drugs are used in the physiology of sex. Medicine: preventative medicine (ex: pap smears at a certain age to look for cervical cancer, anyone with a cervix will have to go for a pap smear. Sex information and education council of canada: http://www. sieccan. org/ 4th country in the world to legalize same sex marriage: the netherlands was the first country to legalize same sex marriage.
