SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Drag King, Cross-Dressing, Drag Queen

• School: UTSG
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H1

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Gender & sex rarely thought as 2 separate concepts. Little alternative for biological, psychological, sociological roles. Inaccurate understanding of sex, gender, sexuality rigid social groupings. Those who do not fit labelled deviant, criticized, treated unfairly. Two-spirited umbrella term used by native american people to recognize individuals who possess qualities or fulfill roles of both genders. 1) person who does not identify with the traditional genders of man or woman but identifies with third gender. 2) gender category available in societies that recognize 3 or more genders. Ex. men of sambia tribe of papua, new guinea. Same-sex seucal behaviour rite of passage into becoming a warrior. Considered normal no binary notions of being gay or straight. Gender as a social construct males & females. Sex biological components (chromosomal, chemical, anatomical) associated w/ Ranges of maleness and femaleness in chromosomes, chemicals, anatomy no necessarily binary constructions. Gender social construct that refers to a set of social roles, attitudes, behaviours that.