Sex
Genitals
Mind
Identity
Heart
Orientation
Outside looks
Expression
Essentialism
Really are men and women, men are by nature different then women.
Constructionism
Gender exists because we believe in the idea of men vs. women. Masculinities and Femininities are socially produced. Gender is divorced from biological difference. Soc today.
Gender Identity
A person's private sense of their own gender. Usually man or woman.
Sex Category
Something assigned socially, identification is private and can be changed
Gender Expression
Any and all mannerisms which serve to communicate a person's identity and personality as they relate to gender
Cisgender
An individual whose fender identity/self-perception matches their sex category.
Cisnormativity
The assumption made by most of society that any given person is cisgender.
Cissexism
The belief and treatment of transgender and/or transsexual people as inferior to cisgender individuals
Transgender
Gender identity not matching one's assigned sex category.
Transsexual
Used interchangeably with transgender but mostly refer to transgender who has gone through physical sex reassignment.
Doing Transgender
Practices by which transpeople try to make sense of disconnect between sex, gender, orientation, etc.
Drag
More of an alternate identity. (1 body, 2 identities) while transgender is your only identity.
Transgender isn't
Just about cross dressing. It's about identity.
Change in Labor Laws
1. Any discrimination and harassment is bad. 2. Preferred names and pronouns need to be respected. 3. No policing bathrooms. 4. Family medical leave is allowed for reassignment surgery.
Gender Queer
Gender identities other than man and woman, thus outside of the gender binary and cisnormativity
Agender
Having no gender identity to express or identify with the preference for gender neutral language and pronouns.
Androgyne or Androgynous Gender
Identifying or presenting between the binary options of man and woman or masculine and feminine.
Genderfluid
Moving between the two or more different gender identities or expressions art different times or in different situations.
Third Gender
Having a gender identity or expression that is not defined in terms of the two binary options but entiresly on its own terms.
Heteronormativity
The idea that sexual attraction to the "other" sex is normal and desired. Rests on the sex and gender binary, Term compulsory heterosexuality conveys the same idea.
Interaction of sexuality and gender
Gender performances are sexual-gender performances, the two are intertwined build on each other and construct each other.
Heteronormative Femininity
Much of how we "do femininity" is linked to the heterosexual imperative. Implies working on being a desirable partner for men.
Heteronormative Masculinity
So much of how we "do masculinity" is linked to heteronormativity, being a desirable mate for women. Masculine friendships can't be gay. Must fight over a women about how "manly" they are.
Theory
Every study corresponds with previous studies and is situated in a particular field of knowledge.
Method
How the study was conducted
Validity
Does the method address the research question?
Reliability
Was there anything that may have biased the results?
Research Ethics
No deception during the study?
Pascoe
We all do sexuality- relate ourselves to ideas about what norms are. Ideas about normative appropriate sexuality define normative, appropriate gender performances. Growing acceptance for homosexuals means acceptance for varied masculine and feminine
Heterosexism
Homophobia and transphobia. Discrimination against and oppression of non-heterosexual relationships. Fag and no homo is still bad even when addressed towards a heterosexual.
Hegemonic Masculinities
Cultural ideal of masculinity that legitimizes the subordination of men over women and that most men aspire to.
Complicit Masculinities
the majority of men who buy into hegemonic ideal and who benefit from patriarchy although they are themselves not able to fully embody hegemonic masculinity.
Marginalized Masculiniities
Men who cannot embody the hegemonic ideal because of their social marginalization (race, class ,etc)
Subordinated Masculinities
Posited as "other: to masculinity. Deemd unmanly, feminine