1. Drawing on the course materials, define and explain what we mean by the term "sex." Answers should be well-organized and formally presented as an academic essay. 2. Explain why the social, cultural, and political context is important for understanding sexualities. Question: 1. Drawing on the course materials, define and explain what we mean ...
Gender as a Social Construction. If sex is a biological concept, then gender is a social concept. It refers to the social and cultural differences a society assigns to people based on their (biological) sex. A related concept, gender roles, refers to a society’s expectations of people’s behavior and attitudes based on whether they are ...
Feb 23, 2022 · "Intersectionality, one of the foundational concepts within the social sciences, complicates traditional approaches toward the study of race, gender, class, and sexuality by treating these factors as interconnected variables that shape an individual's overall life experiences, rather than as isolated variables.
• When students use the term “sex,” they mean vaginal intercourse. • Less than 15% of hookups are with strangers. (See Graph 2) • Students often hook up with the same person. Although 50% of students who hooked up “never hooked up before,” about 20% hooked up “ten or more times.” (See Graph 3) • Hookups often involve alcohol.
Some of the most compelling evidence against a strong biological determination of gender roles comes from anthropologists, whose work on preindustrial societies demonstrates some striking gender variation from one culture to another. This variation underscores the impact of culture on how females and males think and behave.
A related concept, gender roles, refers to a society’s expectations of people’s behavior and attitudes based on whether they are females or males.
Females, of course, have two X chromosomes, while males have one X chro mosome and one Y chr omosome.
Men became, by nature, more assertive, daring, and violent than women, and women are, by nature, more gentle, nurturing, and maternal than men.
The Native Americans known as the Mohave, for example, recognize four genders: a woman, a woman who acts like a man, a man, and a man who acts like a woman.
Chapter 3 “Culture” identified several agents of socialization, including the family, peers, schools, the mass media, and religion. While that chapter’s discussion focused on these agents’ impact on socialization in general, ample evidence of their impact on gender-role socialization also exists.
This message begins in Genesis, where the first human is Adam, and Eve was made from one of his ribs. The major figures in the rest of the Bible are men, and women are for the most part depicted as wives, mothers, temptresses, and prostitutes; they are praised for their roles as wives and mothers and condemned for their other roles. More generally, women are constantly depicted as the property of men. The Ten Commandments includes a neighbor’s wife with his house, ox, and other objects as things not to be coveted (Exodus 20:17), and many biblical passages say explicitly that women belong to men, such as this one from the New Testament:
The concept of intersectionality refers to how these various aspects of social location “intersect” to mutually constitute individuals’ lived experiences.
These various aspects of social inequality do not operate independently of each other; they interact to create interrelated systems of oppression and domination. The concept of intersectionality refers to how these various aspects of social location “intersect” to mutually constitute individuals’ lived experiences. The term itself was introduced by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989, although intersectional understandings of the social world precede her work
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Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship.
Pamela Sachant is an art history professor at North Georgia College & State University located in Dahlonega, Georgia.
Imagine you are a sociologist studying population growth in North America. Specifically, you are interested in examining the age and sex of the population. One way in which you can accomplish this goal is to create a population pyramid.
There are three types of population pyramids: expansive, constrictive, and stationary.
There are five stages of population pyramids: high fluctuating, early expanding, late expanding, low fluctuating, and natural decrease.
After learning about population pyramids, students will practice interpreting the graphs and drawing conclusions about world populations in this activity. Before beginning the activity, collect current population pyramids from about 15 countries in the world. Select from countries on different continents and in different stages of development.
What is gender? Society has traditionally taught us that there are two genders: man and woman. We’re told that those who are assigned male at birth are men and those who are assigned female at birth are women. But gender isn’t an either/or scenario.
In Western cultures, stereotypically feminine traits include nurturing or caring for others, emotional vulnerability, and an overall docile demeanor. Stereotypically masculine traits include the need to act as a protector, engaging in competitive or aggressive behavior, and a high libido.
Some people identify as nonbinary, an um brella term for people whose gender identities don’t align with the man-woman binary. Others identify as bigender, meaning they identify as both men and women at varying points, or agender, meaning they don’t identify with any gender.
Gender is different than sexual orientation. Sexual orientation has very little to do with your gender identity. It’s solely about who you’re attracted to. People of all gender identities may identify as straight or as somewhere on the LGBQ+ spectrum.
Gender identity is your own personal understanding of your gender and how you want the world to see you. For many cisgender people, gender identity is automatically respected. When most people encounter a normative cisgender man, they treat him as a man.
The most important thing to remember is that it’s up to each individual to determine their gender, and indeed, sex. The best thing you can do is respect the sex and gender identity of the people you encounter and treat each individual you meet with sensitivity and care.
DSD is used to describe chromosomes, anatomy, or sex characteristics that can’t be categorized as exclusively male or female. As with names and pronouns, it’s important to refer to people in the manner that they prefer. Some people are comfortable with the term “intersex” and use it to describe themselves.