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Is there such a thing as a ‘ normal ’ gender identity?

Is there such a thing as a ‘ normal ’ gender identity?. Sex = Gender = Sexuality. Sex is biologically defined: male and female. Gender is cultural, social and personal. Sexuality is based on attraction and behaviour. Cisgender is when sex, gender and sexuality align

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Is there such a thing as a ‘ normal ’ gender identity?

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  1. Is there such a thing as a ‘normal’ gender identity?

  2. Sex = Gender = Sexuality Sex is biologically defined: male and female. Gender is cultural, social and personal. Sexuality is based on attraction and behaviour. Cisgender is when sex, gender and sexuality align Cisgender=‘Normal’ e.g. A biological female who is feminine and has heterosexual desire toward a masculine male.

  3. Biology: Differences between the sexes Females: XX chromosomes, estrogen, vagina Males: XY chromosomes, testosterone, penis and testes Biology=chromosomes, hormones, genitals, secondary characteristics (pubic hair, breasts)

  4. Conditioning

  5. Biology: Human Development • Increased brain size = underdeveloped babies = dependency = females became nurturing/caring/focused on rearing her young • Females became so pre-occupied with rearing infants they could not provide everything needed alone = males became hunters, protectors and providers • Females could have sex at any time so in exchange for sexual accessibility males would provide protection • Males = strong, powerful, protectors (masculinity) • Females = vulnerable, nurturing, gentle (femininity)

  6. Biology: Origins of Sex Differences • Childbirth=exclusive to females, powerful and mystical, females were “goddesses” and dominant. • Males suffered acute “womb envy”. • Males became dominant and powerful in all other aspects/roles. • Culture=patriarchy and gender roles. • Human body evolved to reflect cultural/gender roles.

  7. Sex Appeal in Males Compact bum=Strength, Thrusting power=good mate V Shape/Muscles = Strength, Vigor, Health

  8. Sex Appeal in Females Curves= Softness, Gentleness. Petite= Fragility, Vulnerability, Weakness= needs protection.

  9. Gender varies Culture to Culture Masai Tribesmen (East Africa) = slender, tall, minute facial features = attractive Masai Tribeswomen (East Africa) = slender, shaven heads, jewellery = attractive

  10. Sex = Gender = Sexuality = ‘Normal’ Male/Female Cisgender Heterosexual ‘Heterosexual Matrix’ "a stable sex expressed through a stable gender... that is oppositionally and hierarchically defined through the compulsory practice of heterosexuality‟ (Butler, 1990: 206).

  11. Sex = Gender = Sexuality Omnigender Cisgender Trans Androgynous Transgender Man, Woman TwinkMaknyah Metrosexual Boy, Girl Drag queen Two Spirit Gender fluid Butch, Femme Dyke Cross dresser Third gender Tomboy, Sissy Fag Gender queer Stone butch Gender bender Batty bwoy Trans man Trans woman LadyboyOmnigender Gender variant Bi-gender Queen Grrrrl Drag King HijraBoi Femme boi Bear Banjee boy Fish Unicorn Lipstick lesbian Fafafine Slut Sub Dom Heterosexual Polyamorous Bottom Lesbian Bi-certain Tryke Gay Passive Stone BDSM Top Bi-curious Pansexual Active Fetishist Same sex attracted Heteroflexible Bisexual Asexual Same gender loving Female Male Intersex Transsexual FTM MTF MtM FtM

  12. Jason Collins Portia De Rossi Lauren Powers

  13. Gender Performativity “Gender is the repeated stylization of the body, a set of repeated acts within a hugely rigid regulatory frame that congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance, of a natural sort of being” (Butler, 1990: 33).

  14. Gender Performativity “At it’s most complex, [drag] is a double inversion that says, “appearance is an illusion”. Drag says, “my ‘outside’ appearance is feminine, but my essence, ‘inside’ [the body] is masculine.” At the same time it symbolizes the opposite inversion; “my appearance ‘outside’ [my body, my gender] is masculine but my essence ‘inside’ [myself] is feminine.”(Esther Newton)

  15. Self-perception

  16. Conclusions So Far Although, there are some universal physical differences between the sexes and universals on what is deemed sexually attractive, what are considered ‘normal’ gender identity varies across cultures and in some cases individual to individual due to self-perception. As a result, the idea of there being a ‘normal’ gender for each sex, seems illogical. Instead, freedom of expression and projections of self-image should be considered the ‘norm’.

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