The Boy and Girl Dilemma Sex and Gender Dismantled

Gender is one of the most basic forms of human communication and one of the most essential forms of expression in society, yet the concept of what gender actually is is greatly skewed, over-dramatized, and politicized. Almost every form of media, education, and/or entertainment rigorously enforces the ideals to which culture holds and views people of different genders. Most of this is done so by oppressing individuals who do not fall within the provided spectrum. Society finds a language of humor in transsexualism, intersexualism, homosexual expression, and other means of crossing the socially constructed boundaries of what the public deems gender ‘is’ and ‘is not’, and it poses groups of people as the punchline to a joke. Like many forms of oppression, this works to dehumanize and objectify as well as comically stereotype the people who fall into the category of ‘queer’ in their expression, therefore justifying passive ignorance in the public e ye. The consequences of this autocratic ‘gender/sex binary exclusive’ mindset are deadly. The feminist movement, as well as the anti-feminist reaction, has sparked an incline in the study of gender, sex, sexuality, and the differences between what is considered ‘male’ and/or ‘female’. To define the origin and legitimacy of gender, begin first by understanding ‘biological sex’, the binary (male vs female) in which our society as selected our cultures gender roles. Chromosomes (male: XY, female: XX), genitalia (male: penis, female:Show MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pages Smith’s fully global perspectives make clear that even though gender parity has rarely been attained in any society and there have been major setbacks or few advances in INTRODUCTION †¢ 5 many countries, the position of women worldwide has improved dramatically and has very often empowered a substantial portion of humanity in ways that would have been unthinkable a century ago. Jean Quataert’s contribution to gender shifts in the twentieth century focuses more narrowly on the variableRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesReview 32 Experiential Exercise Workforce Diversity 32 Ethical Dilemma Jekyll and Hyde 33 Case Incident 1 â€Å"Lessons for ‘Undercover’ Bosses† 34 Case Incident 2 Era of the Disposable Worker? 35 vii viii CONTENTS 2 2 The Individual Diversity in Organizations 39 Diversity 40 Demographic Characteristics of the U.S. Workforce 41 †¢ Levels of Diversity 42 †¢ Discrimination 42 Biographical Characteristics 44 Age 44 †¢ Sex 46 †¢ Race and Ethnicity 48 †¢ Disability 48 †¢ Other BiographicalRead MoreInternational Management67196 Words   |  269 PagesGuinea, which has sold off some of its state-owned enterprises and cut its civil service force by 30 percent. A special case is South Africa, where apartheid, the former white government’s policies of racial segregation and oppression, has been dismantled and the healing process is progressing. Long-jailed former black president Nelson Mandela is recognized as a world leader. These significant developments have led to an increasing number of the world’s MNCs returning to South Africa; however, thereRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 PagesHis latest foray: Dell is entering the cutthroat $95 billion consumer-el ectronics market with a portable digital-music player, an online music store, and a ï ¬â€šat-panel television set slated to go on sale in October 2004. Dell also faces an innovation dilemma. Its penny-pinching ways leave little room for investments in product development and future technologies, especially compared with rivals. Even in the midst of the recession, IBM spent $4.75 billion or 5.9 percent of its revenues, on research and