Context would have to apply to everyday life.
Tbf the thread title is Genders
Nurses, Male and Female, work intimately with patients to care for them.
No problem. Social sciences have proven beyond doubt that gender traits are across a broad spectrum. Gender is to quote our government a “social construction relating to behaviours and attributes based on labels of masculinity and femininity; gender identity is a personal, internal perception of oneself and so the gender category someone identifies with may not match the sex they were assigned at birth”
It is a scientific fact. That’s not incorrect. I still don’t understand the problem anyway. Why are you bothered?
A definition is the essential prerquisite in understanding Gender, Sex and Sexuality. If you wish to research further - read on:
Chapter 12. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
Extract:
12.1. The Difference between Sex and Gender
When filling out a document such as a job application or school registration form you are often asked to provide your name, address, phone number, birth date, and sex or gender. But have you ever been asked to provide your sex and your gender? As with most people, it may not have occurred to you that sex and gender are not the same. However, sociologists and most other social scientists view sex and gender as conceptually distinct. Sex refers to physical or physiological differences between males and females, including both primary sex characteristics (the reproductive system) and secondary characteristics such as height and muscularity. Gender is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male or female. Gender identity is the extent to which one identifies as being either masculine or feminine (Diamond 2002).
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The dichotomous view of gender (the notion that one is either male or female) is specific to certain cultures and is not universal. In some cultures, gender is viewed as fluid. In the past, some anthropologists used the term berdache to refer to individuals who occasionally or permanently dressed and lived as the opposite gender. The practice has been noted among certain Aboriginal groups (Jacobs, Thomas, and Lang 1997). Samoan culture accepts what they refer to as a “third gender.” Fa’afafine, which translates as “the way of the woman,” is a term used to describe individuals who are born biologically male but embody both masculine and feminine traits. Fa’afafines are considered an important part of Samoan culture. Individuals from other cultures may mislabel them as homosexuals because fa’afafines have a varied sexual life that may include men or women (Poasa 1992).
Ok. I’m not upset and am happy to discuss and engage on it. It’s important to talk.I’ll just say women’s and girl’s safety, privacy, dignity, and fairness to compete, and leave it at that. Some people will agree that it’s a problem and some won’t and the last time I elaborated on this subject the thread had to be deleted and some people were upset by it. I don’t mean any disrespect or want to upset anyone, so I’ll leave it there.
Thanks for the interaction though, I appreciate it.
Howard Becker conducted research on the concept of "deviance" and "deviant behaviours" [Becker, H. S. (1963). Outsiders: Studies in the sociology of deviance. Free Press Glencoe.] which focused on how subjective "Societal Norms" are applied as a means of defining "deviance" and contemporaneously, is sometimes known as "othering". This concept is particulalry important in "labelling theory" - which defines a person according to someone else`s definition. In other words, the person is proscribed various traits by externally imposed "norms". I might suggest it follows the philosophical line to Descartes "Cogito Ergo Sum" - "I think, therefore I am". Defining others by what we think are accepted norms of behaviour is to deny the individual. I suggest this is particularly applicable to the current discussion.
