week 2

Question 1

what is covering

Answer 1

process of obscuring underlying prejudice by providing an alternative explanation for the prejudice

Question 2

what did Morgenroth test (hint: covering)

Answer 2

explicit attitudes towards trans people

Question 3

what did Morgenroth find (Hint: covering)

Answer 3

Supporters of trans rights were more true about their reasoning than those who opposed

Question 4

what did Schudson find (hint: definitions)

Answer 4

Male and female definitions had more biological content
Masculine/feminine was more sociocultural content

Question 5

what is bigenderism

Answer 5

The rules of gender and does not permit or allow for variations, exceptions, or deviations form the norm, idea that there are only two genders, marked by genitals, M/F dichotomy is the natural one

Question 6

bigendersim is: (6)

Answer 6

Categorical
Prescriptive (tells you what to do) and proscriptive (what not to do)
Hierarchical (is an ideal you must aspire too)
Heteronormative (masculine man is a straight man)
Static
Based on genitals

Question 7

what is plurality

Answer 7

idea that masculinities and femininities overlap

Question 8

plurality and gender identity

Answer 8

Gender identity is fluid, multidimensional subjective sense of belonging

Question 9

what is gender/sex

Answer 9

Refers to the phenomena that cannot be easily separated into sociocultural or biological/bodily components (cannot separate gender from sex)