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Sex distinct from gender (commentary)

Started by Natasha, May 14, 2008, 06:08:05 PM

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Natasha

Sex distinct from gender

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=18324
5/14/2008

"As an instructor of gender and women's studies, I often challenge my
students about what in life is or is not "gendered." Can they, I
ask, tell the difference between a biological male's writing versus
a biological female's? Assuring me that they can, I present to them
three separate pictures, and I ask them to write a short story about
each picture. Then, I read them aloud, and students try to identify
if it is a female author or a male one. We then discuss the
"results," and the class sees that they were correct about 50
percent of the time. Which is exactly about right.
I then ask students what else they think is gendered-objects,
expectations, performances. People?"
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