“It’s my view that gender is culturally formed, but it’s also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.”
Judith Butler: American Philosopher, and Gender Theorist\u00a0
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Sex and gender diversity\u00a0is one of the last great secret taboos in our society.\u00a0People are not always simply male or female.\u00a0Sex and gender are separate concepts from each other, and both are distinct from\u00a0sexual orientation.\u00a0We are surrounded by gender lore from the time we are very small. It is ever-present in conversation, humor, and conflict, and it is called upon to explain everything from driving styles to food preferences. Gender is embedded so thoroughly in our institutions, our actions, our beliefs, and our desires, that it appears to us to be completely natural. The world swarms with ideas about gender \u2013 and these ideas are so commonplace that we take it for granted that they are true, accepting common adage as scientific fact. <\/p>\n
Here are some key terms:
Autosexual:\u00a0or autoeroticism refers to sexual gratification through your own internal stimuli. Such people may get attracted by looking at themselves in the mirror and often fantasize about their own looks and naked bodies.
Asexual:\u00a0neither interested in nor desire sexual activity. They may or may not be in a relationship and differ from celibates as celibates are those who refrain from sexual activities of their own will.
Biphobia:\u00a0Prejudice, and the ignorant fear or hatred directed toward bisexual people.
Bisexual:\u00a0A person emotionally, romantically, or sexually attracted to more than one sex, gender, or gender identity though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way, or to the same degree.
Cisgender:\u00a0A term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth.
Closeted:\u00a0describes an LGBTQ person who has not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Coming out:\u00a0The process in which a person first acknowledges, accepts, and appreciates their sexual orientation or gender identity and begins to share that with others.
Demisexual:\u00a0halfway between sexual and asexual. Demisexuals are those who need a strong emotional bonding before they can get sexually involved with a person. An initial attraction cannot drive them to action.
DL:\u00a0or Down-Low, a term used to describe men or women who publicly identify as heterosexual but covertly engage in sexual acts and\/or relationships with members of their same-sex.\u00a0
Gay:\u00a0A sexual and affectional orientation toward people of the same gender.
Gender:\u00a0A social construct used to classify a person as a man, woman, or some other identity.
Gender dysphoria:\u00a0Clinically significant distress caused when a person’s assigned birth gender is not the same as the one with which they identify. According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the term – which replaces Gender Identity Disorder – “is intended to better characterize the experiences of affected children, adolescents, and adults.”
Gender roles:\u00a0the culturally defined behaviors\u00a0associated with gender
Gender Expression:\u00a0How one expresses oneself, in terms of dress, mannerisms, and\/or behaviors that society characterizes as \u201cmasculine\u201d or \u201cfeminine.\u201d
Gender non-conforming:\u00a0A broad term referring to people who do not behave in a way that conforms to the traditional expectations of their gender, or whose gender expression does not fit neatly into a category.
Genderqueer:\u00a0typically reject notions of static categories of gender and embrace a fluidity of gender identity and often, though not always, sexual orientation. People who identify as “genderqueer” may see themselves as being both male and female, neither male nor female nor as falling completely outside these categories.
Gray-A:\u00a0or Gray-Asexuality refers to the gray (grey) area between sexuality and asexuality. These are people who fall on the spectrum between the two. They feel sexually aroused in some very specific circumstances. Sexual desire can also be very low so that it is ignorable.
Gender transition:\u00a0The process by which some people strive to more closely align their internal knowledge of gender with its outward appearance. Some people socially transition, whereby they might begin dressing, using names and pronouns, and\/or be socially recognized as another gender. Others undergo physical transitions in which they modify their bodies through medical interventions.
Heterosexual\/Straight:\u00a0A sexual orientation in which a person feels physically and emotionally attracted to people of a gender other than their own.
Heterosocial:\u00a0opposite-sex relationships that are not of a romantic or sexual nature, such as friendship, mentorship, or others.
Homophobia:\u00a0The ignorant fear and hatred of or discomfort with people who are attracted to members of the same sex.\u00a0
Homosocial:\u00a0same-sex relationships that are not of a romantic or sexual nature, such as friendship, mentorship, or others.
Intersex:\u00a0An umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. In some cases, these traits are visible at birth, and in others, they are not apparent until puberty. Some chromosomal variations of this type may not be physically apparent at all.\u00a0
Lesbian:\u00a0A woman whose primary sexual and affectional orientation is toward people of the same gender.
Monosexual:\u00a0attraction to one gender. It could be heterosexual (attraction to the opposite sex) or homosexual (attraction to same-sex).
Non-binary:\u00a0An adjective describing a person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. Non-binary people may identify as being both a man and a woman, somewhere in between, or as falling completely outside these categories. While many also identify as transgender, not all non-binary people do.
Outing:\u00a0Exposing someone\u2019s lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender identity to others without their permission. Outing someone can have serious repercussions on employment, economic stability, personal safety, or religious or family situations.
Pansexual:\u00a0feeling sexually attracted to people not only from all genders but also transgendered, transsexual, androgynous, and also gender fluid people.
Queer:\u00a0A term people often use to express fluid identities and orientations.
Questioning:\u00a0A term used to describe people who are in the process of exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Same-gender loving:\u00a0A term some prefer to use instead of lesbian, gay, or bisexual to express attraction to and love of people of the same gender.
Sex:\u00a0biological, the sex (male or female) given to a child at birth, most often based on the child’s external anatomy. This is also referred to as “assigned sex at birth.”\u00a0
Sexual Orientation:\u00a0an inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people, sexual identity in relation to the gender to which a person is attracted; the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual, etc.
Transphobia:\u00a0The ignorant fear and hatred of, or discomfort with, transgender people.
Transgender:\u00a0An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and\/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc.
a gender outside of the man\/woman binary;
having no gender or multiple genders
Trans Man\/Trans Male:\u00a0A female-\u00adto\u00ad-male (FTM) transgender person who was assigned female at birth, but whose gender identity is that of a man.
Trans Woman\/Trans Female:\u00a0A male\u00ad-to\u00ad-female (MTF) transgender person who was assigned male at birth, but whose gender identity is that of a woman. <\/p>\n
Sex and gender variance can be found in the histories of different civilizations,\u00a0including ours:
Some societies have many more gender roles than we do
Some cultures treat gender variance with reverence <\/p>\n
Sex and gender variance, like the role of women and the place of homosexual people in society, has been obscured in the recording of history by dominant majorities.\u00a0All sex and gender-variant people have suffered badly in the past within the Western World, especially in the second half of the 20th Century, especially due to:
misrepresentation in films, books, and newspaper reports
the suppression of knowledge to understand the real lives of sex and gender-variant people
direct discrimination and lack of legal protection\u00a0
actual violence <\/p>\n
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A MUST-WATCH VIDEO[S]:
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z0JzbgRVV0U\u00a0(Links to an external site.) <\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EecChkqbzjc\u00a0\u00a0(Links to an external site.)
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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED KINSEY: \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0
To be clear, there was never really a “Kinsey Scale test.”\u00a0The Kinsey Scale, also known as the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale, is one of the oldest and most widely used scales to describe sexual orientation\u00a0(Judith Butler cringes!)\u00a0
Though outdated, the Kinsey Scale was groundbreaking at the time. It was among the first models to suggest that sexuality isn\u2019t a binary where people could either be described as heterosexual or homosexual.
Instead, the Kinsey Scale acknowledges that many people aren\u2019t exclusively heterosexual or exclusively homosexual \u2014 that sexual attraction can fall somewhere in the middle.
The Kinsey Scale was developed by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, and Clyde Martin. It was first published in Kinsey\u2019s book, \u201cSexual Behavior in the Human Male,\u201d in 1948\u00a0(Homosexuality was depathologized in 1973 by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), when it removed the “diagnosis” from the second edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM))
The research used to create the Kinsey Scale was based on interviews with thousands of people about their sexual histories and behaviors.
Its limitations:\u00a0
1) It doesn\u2019t account for differences between romantic and sexual orientation
2) It doesn\u2019t account for asexuality
3) Many were\/are uncomfortable identifying with (or being identified as) a number on a scale
4) It assumes that gender is binary
5) It reduces bisexuality to a point between homosexuality and heterosexuality
For the purposes of this week’s assignment\/topic, we are going to sample quizzes based on the Kinsey Scale to develop our discussions.
NOTE:\u00a0This link will take you to a page where you will scroll to the “Kinsey Scale Test” tile, take the quiz, and\u00a0at your option,\u00a0share those results.\u00a0https:\/\/www.idrlabs.com\/tests.php\u00a0(Links to an external site.)\u00a0 <\/p>\n
BEWARE:\u00a0This link will take you to a more precarious example of the Kinsey Scale Test.\u00a0WARNING:\u00a0If you are [hyper]sensitive to risque, suggestive, and somewhat naughty, lewd, or provocatively racy materials,\u00a0DO NOT OPEN THIS LINK!!!!\u00a0If you choose to,\u00a0ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK:\u00a0https:\/\/www.planetromeo.com\/en\/blog\/the-kinsey-scale-sexuality-test\/\u00a0(Links to an external site.)
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ASSIGNMENT
This assignment is self-expressive and asks to you write freely, thinking about\u00a0your understandings of gender and sexuality and how these are perceived in your society, your family, and among your peers, taking into consideration the information in this outline. <\/p>\n
Then, after careful review of the data in the above passage and the contents of the two (2) videos, and the\u00a0optional sharing\u00a0of quiz results for the sole (soul) purpose of enhancing your conversation, consider the following scenario:\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Think of one important person in your life \u2013 family, friend, chosen family, spirit guide, alien \u2013 who may not have the\u00a0best grasp\u00a0of any of the terms\/ideologies described above, and who adamantly speaks out against LBGTQ and gender and sexuality issues. Describe, let’s say, how you would “enlighten” and educate them on the above-listed definitions.
Where do you observe their struggle with acceptance of our topic may originate?
How has the experience of engaging with said person been for you?
Where does either your personal gender\/sexuality\u00a0or your notions of gender\/sexuality experience fit into the conversation?\u00a0 <\/p>\n
LAYOUT AND DESIGN
Writing, but not limited to,\u00a0200 – 250\u00a0words, and complying fully with the following criteria makes for a successful assignment:
Typed in Times New Roman in a 12pt font
double-spaced
numbered pages
appropriate heading (name, class, date, professor’s name, topic)
a creative title (use your imagination and create a cool title)
use of literature and\u00a0citations if applicable
your grade will reflect grammatical inaccuracies in your work.
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NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED\u00a0(without a realistic, humane, and substantiated excuse)!!!\u00a0
GOOD LUCK!!!!
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