Compare and contrast by Alessandra Jungs de Almeida

biological determinism, ie based solely on sexual phenotype

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existence of intersexual bodies

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Transgender people

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reduces sex and gender to reproductive ability

pre-'70s: purely grammatical meaning (Scott 1986, 2013)

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gender=sex, based on physical body, only two, each corresponds to social roles

How u r born / man-women

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Definition

2025-02-18 19:18:59 UTC

Sex is defined as biological and gender is defined as a social phenomenon

Both sex and gender are social constructs

2025-02-18 19:19:02 UTC

classifying people into men/boys vs. women/girls

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nonbinary people

2025-02-18 19:19:17 UTC

there is a spectrum, intersex beings exist

2025-02-18 19:19:45 UTC

if gender is strictly socially constructed, is it even possible to talk about 'women' outside the context of 'men'

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sex = immutable dichotomy, gender = social relations

variability of traits

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Objections to second-wave feminism

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Gender is imposed on sex at birth through surgical alterations of intersex babies

vulnerable to patriarchy-maintainers resorting to sex as a justification for inequality/oppression

2025-02-18 19:20:50 UTC

sex and gender are separate entities. Sex is biological while gender is defined by the society. (something deemed more feminine and masculine traits)

2025-02-18 19:20:53 UTC

gender can be used as a social institution for change

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trans people change their bodies with hormones and surgeries, so sex is not immutable

the idea sex and gender is different, you cannot change or choose your gender

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sex is the gendering of the body

intersex people still exist! i.e. sex is not binary as claimed

2025-02-18 19:21:26 UTC

the idea sex and gender is different, you cannot change or choose your gender

2025-02-18 19:21:30 UTC

labeling gender is a social decision

2025-02-18 19:21:34 UTC

Sex is intertwined with ur gender

2025-02-18 19:21:39 UTC

"imposing a gender norm is socially, not scientifically, driven"

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forcing intersex people into the sex binary shows that sex is also a social construct

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the sex/gender duality restricts the development of our understanding of human sexuality and bodies

2025-02-18 19:22:45 UTC

gender influences definitions of sex and both are affected by societal norms

Feminists in the 1970s endorsed the classification of sex as biologically driven and gender as an internal identity, arguing that social institutions produced more differences between men and women than biology.

2025-02-18 19:22:47 UTC

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difficult to understand the role of biology in the definitions