Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Sexual Summary
In Anne Fausto-Sterling's "Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality," She points out views on homosexuality, heterosexuality, and what truly defines a gender. In the beggining, she makes note of Hermaphrodites and how they are looked at in society. She also points out that it isn't so much genetics that can determine the sexual orientation of a certain being, but more so their upbringing. It should also be noticed that she feels that the two-sex system that we have grown up on is a little too black-and-white, and believes it should be replaced by a 5-sex system, by differing levels of masculinity and feminity. We also should consider the differing mental status of women and men, that they differ greatly, due to their differing ancestry.
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ok, im sorry but who ever wrote that is seriously wrong. Genetics DOES determine sexuality. There have been NUMEROUS experiments with boys and girls, that have been raised as the oposite sex. Eventually the parents gave up trying to "change" them and just let them be who they were to begin with. You cannont change boy into a girl and a girl into boy with out drastic sugury and medication. But even with that said its still not easy, and you wont really be the other sex completly.
I should also note, your brain more than anything else determins your sexuality, but that is genetic so my point still stands.
Rawr back to you!!! :P
~Juliet
Just (re)found a book on my shelf you may find useful if you pursue this topic further in the future. It's called "Normal" by Amy Bloom. -Just an FYI
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