SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Femininity, Wok, Shift Work
21 Apr 2016
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Biologically rooted, describes our physical bodies whereby distinguish between male and female. Socially constructed characteristic associated with girls and boys, man and woman. Gender relations organizing principles that shape and order interactions between, as well as the relative social importance of, women and men. Intersexed individuals - born with ambiguous genitalia (a. k. a hermaphrodites) Transgender has been used as an umbrella term for those who do not fit into normative constructions of sex and gender. Transgender refers to people who live as the gender that the identify themselves as being, with or without sex reassignment procedures. Transgender individuals includes transsexuals, tranvestites (drag kings and queens), intersex, tombois (female bodies who socially represent as men) and those who don"t identify with male or female. Transsexual used to encompass those who undergo sex reassignment (realignment) surgery. Culturally dominant forms of masculinity and femininity. Idea of masculinity that men are supposed to strive to achieve. Requires men to be successful, capable and reliable.
