Analysis Of Gender: It's Not As Two-Sided As We Thought
English 103
Professor Dillon
March 28, 2013
Gender: It’s Not As Two-Sided As We Thought For many of us in western societies, the terms gender and sex are simply the same thing. Western cultures tend to view gender as a binary concept, with two fixed options; you are either born male or female. After we are born we are either placed in a blue blanket, if we are born males or pink blanket if we are born females. We then allow society to raise us. We tend to grow into the stereotypical American male and female. However, our biological sex and gender are completely different things. According Monica Algars gender is a person 's private sense of, and subjective experience of, his or her own gender (Sex Roles pg. 5). Sex is biological and …show more content…
The practice of berdache, now known as Two-Spirit usually indicates a person whose body simultaneously manifests both a masculine and a feminine spirit (Weber). They often preformed the work and wore clothing associated with both male and female. A male-bodied Two-Spirit person was allowed to go off to war and participate in other male activities such as sweat lodges. They also took on female roles in the tribe such as cooking and other domestic responsibilities. Female-bodied Two-Spirit persons are seen as individuals who are not in a position to adapt them to a masculine role set by their culture (Weber). The Male bodied Two-Spirit hold active roles within the tribes, they include: a healer, they pass down oral traditions of their ancestry, seer, conferrers and so on (Weber). These Two Spirit persons are not shunned from their tribes. They hold positions of power and …show more content…
K. Sandnabba. "Conflicted Gender Identity, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating in Adult Men and Women." Sex Roles 63.1-2 (2010): 118-25. ProQuest. Web. 25 May 2013.
Gallagher, Ann M., and James C. Kaufman. Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2005. Print.
Wieringa, Saskia Elenora. The Admonishment of Vegetarian Great Aunt: Reflections on Sexual and Gender Multiplicity and Culture. Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, 2007. Print.
Weber, Janis C. "Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality." Contemporary Sociology 27.5 (1998): 494-. ProQuest. Web. 25 May 2013.
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Girl by Jamaica Kincaid N.p., 27 May 2010. Web. 09 May 2013.
“Families and Work in Transition in 12 Countries, 1980–2001,” Monthly Labor Review, U.S Census September 2003, Web. 09 May
Professor Dillon
March 28, 2013
Gender: It’s Not As Two-Sided As We Thought For many of us in western societies, the terms gender and sex are simply the same thing. Western cultures tend to view gender as a binary concept, with two fixed options; you are either born male or female. After we are born we are either placed in a blue blanket, if we are born males or pink blanket if we are born females. We then allow society to raise us. We tend to grow into the stereotypical American male and female. However, our biological sex and gender are completely different things. According Monica Algars gender is a person 's private sense of, and subjective experience of, his or her own gender (Sex Roles pg. 5). Sex is biological and …show more content…
The practice of berdache, now known as Two-Spirit usually indicates a person whose body simultaneously manifests both a masculine and a feminine spirit (Weber). They often preformed the work and wore clothing associated with both male and female. A male-bodied Two-Spirit person was allowed to go off to war and participate in other male activities such as sweat lodges. They also took on female roles in the tribe such as cooking and other domestic responsibilities. Female-bodied Two-Spirit persons are seen as individuals who are not in a position to adapt them to a masculine role set by their culture (Weber). The Male bodied Two-Spirit hold active roles within the tribes, they include: a healer, they pass down oral traditions of their ancestry, seer, conferrers and so on (Weber). These Two Spirit persons are not shunned from their tribes. They hold positions of power and …show more content…
K. Sandnabba. "Conflicted Gender Identity, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating in Adult Men and Women." Sex Roles 63.1-2 (2010): 118-25. ProQuest. Web. 25 May 2013.
Gallagher, Ann M., and James C. Kaufman. Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2005. Print.
Wieringa, Saskia Elenora. The Admonishment of Vegetarian Great Aunt: Reflections on Sexual and Gender Multiplicity and Culture. Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, 2007. Print.
Weber, Janis C. "Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality." Contemporary Sociology 27.5 (1998): 494-. ProQuest. Web. 25 May 2013.
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Girl by Jamaica Kincaid N.p., 27 May 2010. Web. 09 May 2013.
“Families and Work in Transition in 12 Countries, 1980–2001,” Monthly Labor Review, U.S Census September 2003, Web. 09 May