1. Gender, Empire, and Biography/Background
Left Hand of Darkness
Gender, Empire, and Biography/Background

2. Sex & Gender
What’s the difference?

3. Sex & Gender Sex - “Male” and “Female”
Anatomical, Physiological, Biological
XX Chromosome / XY Chromosome
Hormones (molecules that regulate physiology and behaviour) are different:
XX has higher level of estrogen and progesterone
XY has higher levels of testosterone
Gender - “Masculine” and “Feminine”
Social and cultural roles and norms
Adhered to in response to family, media, peers, education influences
Varies from society to society and culture to culture

4. Gender norms change

5. Freewrite then pair, then discuss When did you know your gender?
☆ Not biological sex, but social gender.
Freewrite
then pair, then discuss

6. What are the social norms we mostly share around masculinity?
“Be a man”
Blue Stickies
What are the social norms we mostly share around masculinity?
Note: While we’re not say that these are “right” or “true” or how we “should” be, but rather what do we observe, see, and experience.

7. What are the social norms we mostly share around femininity?
“Ladylike”
Pink stickies
What are the social norms we mostly share around femininity?
Note: While we’re not say that these are “right” or “true” or how we “should” be, but rather what do we observe, see, and experience.

8. Questioning Gender is not new
Plato’s Symposium ~ BC
Questioning Gender is not new