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Chapter 10-11 Gender & Sexual Orientation

Chapter 10-11 Gender & Sexual Orientation . FORMER 425 STUDENTS. Gender Roles & Stereotyping. Gender Roles (The Script) Men Strong, Dominant, Aggressive Women Weak, Passive, Intuitive What wrote these scripts? Biology, Culture, Society. Development of Stereotypes.

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Chapter 10-11 Gender & Sexual Orientation

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  1. Chapter 10-11 Gender & Sexual Orientation FORMER 425 STUDENTS

  2. Gender Roles & Stereotyping Gender Roles (The Script) Men • Strong, Dominant, Aggressive Women • Weak, Passive, Intuitive What wrote these scripts? Biology, Culture, Society

  3. Development of Stereotypes Set of assumptions formulated about a particular group. Cultural Gender Stereotypes Personal Gender Stereotypes The breadwinners; the homemakers

  4. Gender Roles; A Social Construct How it starts out; Children Major Contributor: Culture Advertisements: • Girls: Dolls, Cooking, Pink • Boys: Cars, War, Blue

  5. Toys Girls Boys

  6. Separation of the Sexes Two separate spheres Designation of certain roles Inequality and sexual discrimination as a result? • Workforce

  7. Gender Roles & Homosexuality How do couples interact within a homosexual relationship? Comparison to heterosexual relationships. Idea: Dominant / Passive Roles Reiteration of social construct.

  8. Myths about Homosexuality & Gender Roles "In a gay relationship, one partner is the man and the other is a woman." • Not always true • Variable "All gay men are flamboyant and feminine." (Vice versa) • Masculine men, feminine women • Questionable? • Contradiction

  9. How Gender Roles are Changing The past: 1950s Traditional Breadwinner + Homemaker Mrs Degree 1960-70s Similar ideology Mary Poppins (1964)

  10. How Gender Roles are Changing 1980s-90s Women: More flexible roles Work Force Alien (1979); Terminator 2 (1990)

  11. How Gender Roles are Changing The present: Swapped roles?

  12. How Gender Roles are Changing Media, Advertisements, Schools Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

  13. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2000) Mr. Smith (Brad) • Creative & Inventive • Breakup Reaction • "Girly Gun" Mrs. Smith (Angelina) • Cold & Calculating • Drinks Scotch • Huge Assualt Rifle

  14. How Gender Roles are Changing Breaking that barrier between males and females. What a man can do; what a woman can do Women's Rights Gay (LGBT) Rights

  15. Intersex Is it a boy or Is it a girl? Sometimes that question is not so easy to answer.

  16. What is Intersex? • Not completely male • Not completely female • Combination with features of both

  17. Intersex Babies: Three Types 1. Genetically male - 2. Genetically female - 3. Genetically female - Completely female external genitals (vagina, clitoris) Completely male external genitals (penis, testicles) Ambiguous external genitals

  18. Intersex Surgery Ambiguous genitals? That's not normal! What do we do?!

  19. Can there only be two?

  20. Intersex Surgery Controversy CLAIM: Intersex babies who are not "normalized" will grow up to be very damaged psychologically. There is NO evidence to support this claim. In fact, there is evidence that children who grow up with intersex genitals do wellpsychologically. • Many intersex adults who had surgery have suffered psychological and physical harm.

  21. Leave the babies alone! It could be a boy. It could be a girl. It could be somewhere in between. We don't decide that for them. They should decide that for themselves.

  22. Coming Out

  23. Why People Come Out • Coming out of the closet: revealing true sexual identity • Too stressful and emotionally unbearable • Pain and frustration of "living a lie" • To be happier • Improve physical & psychological health • To develop mutually satisfying friendships & romantic relationships • Feeling of liberation, relief

  24. When Do People Come Out? • Puberty • Adolescence • Late age • No exact timeline

  25. Coming Out Process • Vivienne Cass & Richard Troiden • Gradual, step-by-step process • Identity confusion • Identity assumption • Identity acceptance • Identity synthesis & commitment • Testing the waters: hinting through jokes, suggestive comments • Selective disclosure: coming out to certain people

  26. Dangers of Coming Out • Harassment & ridicule • Rejection • Prejudice & discrimination • Physical violence • Psychological problems: depression, substance abuse, eating disorder, homelessness, suicide • Ostracism & isolation

  27. Coming Out in College • Genuine efforts to reduce homophobic and antigay attitudes & discriminatory behaviors • CSULB LGBT Resource Center • Lavendar Graduation • Delta Lambda Phi - Rho Chapter • Safe Zone Project • Gay Straight Alliance • Queer Chat/Queer Ink • Still experience hostile environments on some campuses

  28. LGBT Symbols and Policies

  29. LGBT Symbolism The Pink Triangle: WWII - Germany and the Concentration Camps The RAINBOW Flag: 1978, Gilbert Baker and the San Francisco Pride Parade. The Bisexual Triangles: 1987 by Liz Nania IFGE Logo: symbol comes from the International Foundation for Gender Education

  30. LGBT Marriage and Federal Law 1996 DOMA legislation and the definition of 'Marriage' and 'Spouse' The Implications of defining marriage on a federal level

  31. Constitutionality of DOMA? Currently, as of March, DOMA has been taken to the Supreme Court to try to strike down DOMA to get LGBT couples the Federal benefits DOMA keeps from them.

  32. Culture, Religion & Gender • As well as biological aspects, culture and religion also play important role in Gender identity. • Hinduism influence - Hijra ( transexual women) • Buddhism influence - Kathoey ( transexual women)

  33. Hijra- Third gender in India and Pakistan

  34. Cont. Hijra • In the culture of South Asia, hijra are physiological males who have feminine gender identity, adopt feminine gender roles,and wear women's clothing. • In general Hijras are born with typically male physiology, only a few having been born with male intersex variations. • Some Hijra undergo an initiation rite into the hijra community called nirwaan, which refers to the removal of penis, testicles and scrotum.

  35. Hijra's connection to Hinduism gods gjgg Santoshi Matha Lord Shiva Hijra's sacrifice their male genitals as devotion to worship this goddess. Indian god who is half man and half women.

  36. Kathoey- Third gender in Thailand Also called Ladyboys

  37. Cont. -Kathoey • Kathoey is a Thai term that refers to transgender or effeminate gay male in Thailand. • Many kathoeys dress as women and undergo "feminising" medical procedures such as • breast implant • hormones • silicone injections • Adam's apple reductions

  38. Kathoey's connection to Buddism • Buddhism believe in Karma- Good and bad deeds from past life ( cause and effects). • They accept transgender people thinking it is their Karma and destiny.

  39. Scenario Answers Scenario: Gender Roles & Stereotypes • You are a straight man, but you act flamboyant/femme because you've been nurtured and raised in a family of all girls, and all your friends were mostly females. Complain to the host about how people accuse you of being homosexual when you're really stright, while acting flamboyant/femme.

  40. Scenario: Culture/Religion & Gender A Guy -Your parents want you to get married to a girl and they arrange you a beautiful girl, but you are not interested in girls. At the same time you are struggling to explain the situation to your parents and to that girl.You want to ran out of the house and be a HIJRA or KATHOEY.

  41. Scenario: Coming Out You are a college student questioning your sexual orientation. The night before, you got drunk and made out with your friend of the same sex. Before the party, you realized you've had a crush on this friend for a long time but chose to hide it...until now. Use the coming-out process to reveal your homosexual identity to the party host. 1. Identity Confusion 2. Identity Assumption 3. Identity Acceptance 4. Identity Synthesis and Commitment

  42. Scenario You are Gilbert Barker in charge of creating a symbol for the Pride parade.

  43. Scenario Answers You are an intersex individual who just discovered that you had a "normalizing" surgery at birth.

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