SOC 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sex Assignment, Virilization, Essentialism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2104
• Professor: Adolphine Y.Aggor- Boateng

Document Summary

Hormonal chromosomal abnormalities: people affected by hormonal or chromosomal abnormalities are described as intersexed. Account for 1. 7% of all births: congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah): Masculinization of females/ambiguous genitalia: androgen insensitivity syndrome (ais): Allowed to decline on the sexual orientation at puberty: north america: Boy"s reaction to become a girl: will kill themselves. Girl"s reaction to becoming a boy: will choose male professions. Attempts to legislate changes in the gender order have been met with biological essentialism: an argument (mainstream) that rests on the naturalness of social relations and their rootedness in biology. own. Feminists (as well as some gay men and lesbians) have also adopted an essentialism of their. Some conservatives are not taking up nurture theory of sexual orientation (based on differences) and asking for therapeutic measures for the conversion of homosexuals. Biological essentialism is a framework where we can comfortably oppress people.