GEN SOC MIDTERm

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics

Persons emotional/sexual attraction to others

Enduring pattern of romantic/sexual attraction to ooposite sex, same sex, or both sex

Refer to each persons capacity for emotional, affectional, sexual attraction to intimate sexual relations

answers question Who am i attracted to?

5 categories of sexual orientation

Attracted to different gender Straight Man attracted to woman, woman attracted to man

Attracted to same gender lesbian & gay

Attracted to both men & women

People w/out sexual feelings/association

Still have attraction but it doesnt need to have sexual feelings

Attracted to all genders

called omnisexuality

Sexual, romantic, emotional attraction towars people regardless of gender

All about how u think about yourself

How you internally interpret the chemistry that composes you

answers questions Who am i

Gender identity are categorized according to 2

Gender and assigned sex are the same

meaning same

ex: man at birth & identifies as man

Gender and assigned sex are different

meaning different

An umbrella term for people whose gender identity differs from what assigned at birth

An identitythat someone chooses for themselves & not something u can tell

umbrella term for transsexual & transgender asterisk act as wildcard

Brains way of understanding the world Enable a person to navigate complicated world

Women attracted to women

Can be Man attracted to man & women attracted to women

Experiencing attraction solely to some men & women

Has Attraction to their gender and other gender

identifies psychologically as gender/sex other than the one which assigned to their birth

Often wish to transform their bodies to match inner sex/gender

Less common combination of hormones that used to assign sex at birth

People do not ascribe to particular sexual orientation

People who are in process of exploring their gender identity

Person who supports members of LGBTQIA

How you demonstrate gender through the ways you act, behave, dress

how a person publicly present their gender

4 Categories of Gender expression

Has qualities & characteristics associated with woman

Has qualities & characteristics associated with man

qualities & characteristicscombination of man & woman

qualities & characteristics differ form associated with man & woman

person w/ fuid gender identity/ transgender identity

children who do not conform to conventionally gendered behavior

Diagram help us understand gender & sexuality, & parts that make up both

Create & enforce social structure

Particular arrangement of interrelated institutions agencies & social patterns

Power of father as head of household

Systematic organization of male supremacy

System of power relations which are hierarchal where men control

6 What men control in patriarchal system?

control Within household & paid work

Women cannot decide how many children gthey will have

Women are obliged to provide sexual service to husband

Control how they dress, behavior & mobility

Restriction of leaving the house

Most property & asset are passed from father to son

4 Characteristics of a patriarchal system

Men make all the decisions

Concerned w/ strength forcefulness, rationality & strong work ethic competiveness of men

men are center of activity to move society forward men are focus of events , inventions where men are heroes

Men control all family & social situations like finances & education

custom where the couple settles near men’s family

prejudice/discrimination based on persons sex and gender against women

5 Types of sexism

Belief that men are superior than women

Belief that men & women today are equal and those who complain are hostile toward men

Contemp towards women Belief that women are whiny

Belief that women has purity & morality but men dont Women should be treated like princess

Having mixed feelings Treat women inferior, in affectionate way Belief that women needs man’s help ,protection

Belief that women are worthy of love & respect while others deserve bad treatment Ex: man is respectful to mother but not to other women

When society provides diff opportunities & benefits for one sex over the other

4 areas in modern society where institutional sexism found

Also known as Double burden Additional workload of person w/ income also expected to do domestic labor w/out pay

Political, cultural movement to establish equal rights & legal proetctio for women

Person who support feminism

credited w/ having originated the word feminism

wave Focused on right to equal contract & property rights

wave called abolition of chattel marriage

wave Political rights, right to vote

wave Sexual, reproductive, economic rights

marriage where husband legally owned wife as w/ slavery

wave Ending discrimination of women

Slogan of Second Wave

wave Emerged mid 1990, unfinished work of 2nd wave

wave Challenge & avoid what deemed to 2nd wave

wave Womens experiences vary in form & intensity

wave Race,class,religion & nationality are significant factors

Branch of sociology moved its assumption analysis focus away from traditional viewpoints that were produced by men

7 Types of feminist theory

Argues that society has false belief that women by nature are intellectually & physically incapable compared to men

Asserts that defining women oppression is male controlled capitalist hierarchy

2 subtypes of radical feminism

Womans capacity to give birth as well as sex & responsibilities limits her ability to achieve full potential

Embraces everything women as well as values & importance of female qualities

Incorporated views of social justice & socio-economic disparity

Claim that the only way to destroy feminism is to destroy capitalist society

Women are not powerless & does not need to depend on male-female relationship

Prostitution empowers women & escape dependency on men

Every woman has different intersecting identities & not alike w/ other women

There are fundamental personality differences between men & women & womens differences are distinctive

there is a connectioj between destruction of environment & exploitation of women by patriarchy

Framework of ideas that says identities are not stable & determined

4 Core theorists in queer theory

Coined the term queer theory

Prominent figure in french thought

his work is fundamental in development of queer theory explain views without defined object

Refused the idea that authority could define sexualituy

Argued that sexuality is not inherent personal attribute

American academic scholar
Author of Epistemology of Closet

Talk about social crisis created by defining sexuality

American philosopher & gender theorist Challenged conventional theories of gender Developed Gender performativity

Asserted that socity & culture created gender roles & impose these as ideal

Place where international meeting of human rights was held

Set of principles of international human rights law that deals w/ sexual orientation & gender identity issues

how many principle does Yogyakarta principle have

Principles of universality of human rights

Right to life, freedom from violence & torture

Enjoyment of economic, social & cultural rights

freedom to express oneself, ones identity & right to participate in events

Right to seek asylum from persecution based on sexual orientattion

Right to participate in family life, public affairs & cultural life

Right to defend & promote human right w/out discrimination on sexual orientation

Held violators accountable, ensure redress to violaters

is a seminal work of queer studies by intellectual and activist Eve Sedgwick

Sedgwick argues that the standard binary interpretation of human sexuality is too simplistic and limiting, especially in the context of sexuality

was an Italian-born French poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.
early poetry almost always features a young female narrator who is either in love or mourning the loss of her lover.

Aims to document & elaboarte developments through set of additional principles & state obligations