After our lengthy discussions and activities this week about what it means to be male and female in our society we realized how polarized and opposite our definitions of the male and female gender are. Problematic.
Instead, if you think about gender instead as a continuous line with our definitions of our socialized male and female at opposite ends and most of our qualities and who we are lie somewhere in between (think about how similar our questionnaires were).
So the question I pose for you is. What happens to an individual in our society if they fall in between? What about if your sex conflicts with your gender Identity?
Here is a start:
You may be familiar with this story if not check it out:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34037724/ns/sports-olympic_sports/
What other stories can you find on gender identity issues? Maybe you know someone?
Think about how our roles are set by being male and female and what happens to someone in our society if they can’t identify with these roles.
What happens to them if their identitied sex (having XX or XY chromosomes) don’t match to their gender?
Conduct some research on gender identity disorder or gender identity problems, find a story about someone and share. Answer the above questions in your post. Take this idea where you want. we will be studying this next week.
Remember this blog assignment is due Sunday evening.
