SOSC 1350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Louise Mckinney, Henrietta Edwards, Hegemonic Masculinity

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Julie Dowsett

Document Summary

Cisgender - having a gender identity or gender role that society considers appropriate for the sex one was assigned at birth. Opposite of transgendered where someone identifies with a gender they do not have the right genitals for. (lecture: trans masculinities and femininities). Common law comes from the british common law system, used in countries around the world who were previously apart of the british empire. Common law consists of customs, written laws, and judicial precedent (court cases). (lecture) Famous five emily murphy (1916) was challenged by a male lawyer as he believed that as a women, she could not have been lawfully appointed as a police magistrate. 1927, murphy called on four other alberta-bases women nellie mcclung, henrietta muir. Edwards, louise crummy mckinney and irene parlby to sign a petition under the supreme. Court of canada act asking the question, does the word person" in section 24 of the british.