Sex/gender identity: Moving beyond fixed and 'natural' categories

被引：41

作者：

Victoria Carrera, Maria

DePalma, Renee ^{[1
]}

Lameiras, Maria ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ A Coruna, Fac Ciencias Educ, Coruna 15071 A, Spain

[2] Univ Vigo, Fac Educ Sci, Vigo, Spain

来源：

SEXUALITIES | 2012年 / 15卷 / 08期

关键词：

Activism; education; gender identity; heteronormativity; transgender;

D O I：

10.1177/1363460712459158

中图分类号：

C91 [社会学];

学科分类号：

030301 ; 1204 ;

摘要：

Despite feminist understandings of the socially constructed nature of sex and gender and anthropological studies of alternative constructions, western societies tend to understand sex and gender in terms of mutually-exclusive hierarchical categories. We analyze the process by which a heteronormative sex-gender-sexuality system is constructed and legitimized to the exclusion of those whose physiology and/or behaviors do not conform to it. We provide some insights into ways in which the extraordinary diversity of sex-gender can be recognized and valued on various social planes, through activism, the production and critique of popular culture, and education.

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页码：995 / 1016

页数：22