Question

Transsexuality refers to people who feel:

the desire to alter their physical sex to better align with their sense of themselves

disgusted by the binary of male/female

the desire to change their gender only

intimidated by the opposite gender

Which of the following is not typical when there is an intersexed birth?

Parents wait until adolescence to operate on the child

The baby is given hormones to alter their body

Surgery is performed to “normalize” the body, or to make it align with cultural expectations

The baby is usually surgically made into a girl

Which of the following cultures believes that the more sexual partners a person has, the better?

Mangaian

Kenya

America

Trobriand Islanders

Which of the following is FALSE with regard to gender?

One’s gender performance is different from their sexual orientation

Gender socialization in the U.S. usually depends upon one’s sex assignment at birth

All societies conceptualize gender as a binary

Gender includes the social expectations that "map" onto maleness or femaleness

Which of the following describes the relationship of sex and gender?

The sex we are assigned to is dependent upon our gender

Gender categories are socially constructed and sex categories are not

A cultural system of three sexes depends upon a system of three genders

Our gender typically serves to socially “advertise” our sex to others

Which of the following is most connected to the concept of “sex?”

Dolls and tonka trucks

Household chores

Genitals

Roles

Fausto-Sterling (in “The Five Sexes”) argues:

That sex exists on a continuum

That thinking of sex in binary terms is a result of biology

That there are more than two sexes – there are precisely five

That “sex” is biological and “gender” is social

According to "Creating Good Looking Genitals...", how are “problem genitals,” in general, defined in the U.S. by medical doctors?

Those that aren’t the right color

Clitorises that are too small and penises that are too big

Penises that are too small and clitorises that are too big

Problem genitals are considered “hijras”

What is a "hijra?"

A biological female who takes an oath of virginity and lives the social role of man

Usually, a biological male who removes his genitals and lives in the social role of “hijra.”

A third gender, but not a third sex

In Africa, a third sex

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option 1. Transsexuality refers to the desire to alter their physical sex to better align with their sense of themselves.

2. The correct answer is Option 1. Parents do not typically wait until adolescence to operate on the child.

3. The correct answer is Option 1. Mangaian cultures believe that the more sexual partners an individual has, the better.

4. The correct answer is Option 3. All societies do not conceptualise gender as binary.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.