SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Essentialism, Casual Sex, Heterosexuality
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Sex: depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. Gender: your sense of being male or female and your playing masculine and feminine roles in ways defined as appropriate by your culture and society. Gender identity: a person"s identification with, or sense of belonging to a particular sex - biologically, psychologically, and socially. Intersexed: babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other case. The social learning of gender begins very early in life. People learn gender roles during socialization in the family and at school. Heterosexuality: the preference for members of the opposite sex as sexual partners. Essentialism: a school of thought that views gender differences as a reflection of biological differences between women and men.
