WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Guided Reading, Gender Dysphoria, Binary System
9 Dec 2015
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Gender variance and diversity over time: the sex/gender binary system, performing gender, regulating the sex/gender binary system. The 5 laws of a bi-polar sex/gender system: when differences are found we can"t assume they are based on a biological difference. Recalls what happened when he was female. It serves as traditional roles in our modern society which allows it to keep going in the same way. Gender diversity and cross-gendered behaviours appear to be as old as humanity. In the late 19th century in the west anxieties over gender roles (as women demanded property rights, improved working conditions and the vote) led to a renewed interest in identifying the biological bases to support a rigid. Sex - the categories of male and female and the biological characteristics of bodies placed in these categories. Gender - the assignment of masculine and feminine characteristics to bodies categorized as male or female. Tells us that gender is a fluid construct.
