The readings from the past two weeks have been incredibly applicable to my daily life and when it comes to the organizing work I do. Lately, I have been having many conversations with non-politicized people (especially some friends and family members as of late) about the idea that the gender dichotomy system is arbitrary. I find that they have a tough time grasping the idea that there isn't a natural need for the human sexes to be polar and complimentary opposites. The concepts of the natural differences between body strength, flexibility, estrogen/testosterone production, and the worlds need for specified gender roles continually come up.
I have had a hard time combating the argument that testosterone and estrogen are the reasons that men are aggressive while women are passive, men are more violent while women are nurturing and docile, and that men aren't supposed to be emotional whilst women are. I know that these hormones have a hand in contributing to these characteristics, but the idea that people of specific sexes are all the same, or that we are powerless and driven solely by hormonal drives, is absurd.
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Defy gender roles!
Graham and Megan attempt to reinforce their gender...Socialization is the main reason that people become who they are in the long run.
Now I feel like I have some texts that will back up my arguments when presenting them to a stubborn scientific mind. It is also good to have a concise history of the origins of the initial labeling of homosexuality.
"The world turned upside down" (gender-role revers...
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Changing norms of socialization: Louis XV in 1712,...