BSC 2086 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Heteronormativity, Early Christianity, Pederasty
11 Aug 2016
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Syp 3060 human sexuality and social change w/ dr. carreno-lukasik. Gender: social, cultural characteristics= femininity vs masculinity= sociologists argue that gender is also learned through socialization. Intersex: person born with characteristics of both sexes or ambigu- ous genitalia. Transgender: person whose gender identity does not match anato- my, so they adopt social characteristics of other sex. Transsexual: person whose gender identity does not match anato- my, so they have surgery and/or hormones to change biologically into the other sex. Possible cause of transgenderism: hormone and chromosome im- balance when a fetus. Sociologist definition of transgender: person whose gender identi- ty does not match anatomy, so they adopt social characteristics of other sex. Interests in transgenderism: they are interested in when people first realize they are the opposite sex. Biological reasons for why this hap- pens & how society reacts to someone that is transgender. According to the video and lecture, explain how in the u. s. transgen- derism is medicalized.
