SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Constructionism, Sexual Orientation, Essentialism
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Sex: depends on whether you were born with male/female genitals and a genetic program that released male/female hormones to stimulate development of your reproductive system. Gender: culturally and socially constructed differences : females and males foundin the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity. Determined by social learning of gender in very early in life. Sexual orientation and may be harmful culture etc. Cannot be changed, and efforts to change it do not work. Gender identity: your identities with, or sense of belonging to a particular sex biologically, psychologically and socially. When you behave according to widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act adopt a gender role. Intersexed: baby born with ambiguous genitals of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other causes. Essentialism: reflection of naturally evolved tendencies and argue that society must reinforce those tendencies if it is to function smoothly.
