Social Work 1022A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Bigender, Egale Canada, Heterosexism
29 Mar 2017
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Chapter 14 social work and sexual and gender diversity. Heterosexism: discriminatory laws and practices are changing to ensure that people of all sexual orientations &gender identities have equal rights &protection in our society o. Changes challenge what is sometimes referred to as heterosexual privilege. Comfort and power accorded to people who are in, a relationship with a person of a different sex and who conform to dominant gender norms. Sex and gender sex is what doctors attribute to babies based largely on the size of their genitalia. Gender identity is the sense we have of ourselves as male, female, or transgender. Gender role is our adherence to cultural norms of femininity and masculinity o. Sex is determined by genetics, chromosomes and hormones. Homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia an individual"s and/or society"s fear and hatred of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. Sexual orientation an emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction to another person.
