SY101 Lecture 12: Lecture 12
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Lecture 12: gender & sexualities: sex, gender. Sex: humans are divided into two distinct sexes on the basis of biological features: video margaret cho (chromosomes, sex organs, hormones, etc. ): (cid:498)male(cid:499) = xy & (cid:498)female(cid:499) = xx. Biological determinism: people"s dispositions, attitudes, behaviours, social roles, and other personal qualities are determined by their biology: biology = destiny. = commonsense approach ex; women naturaly weaker then men, good caregivers so they should stay home. Essentialism: attributing social constructs to biological or genetic causes. Gender essentialism: purports that male-female differences in sexual scripts, the division of labour (home and workplace), selection of partners, sexual agression, etc. are natural and universal. Cisgender: people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth (sex = gender) e. g. (cid:498)sex roles(cid:499) (cid:523)functionalism(cid:524) Critiques of gender essentialism: ignores historical and cultural variability of gender and sex.
