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UNIV_2001 Week #10 Part 2

For Week #10 Part 2 we will examine Gender and Culture:

• What does it mean to be “Dimorphic”? • Why do some people with male genitalia identify as female, and vice versa? • In terms of biological gender, are there only two sexes, female and male? • What does it mean to “assign” a sexual gender to an infant, and how can this

decision affect them later in life?

Assignment:

#1 Read Ann Fausto-Sterling’s Five Sexes Revisited, an essay about intersex people, who are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.”

#2 Watch the following media links, which examine transgender issues including:

• Cultural taboos • Sports controversies • Within the Military and Prison System • As a growing movement of legal advocacy

Hijras, the Third Gender in India: GAYCATION (Clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0sO37F4js&t=6s 4 top athletes barred from competing in their Olympic events because their natural testosterone levels are deemed too high https://www.insider.com/intersex-olympic-athletes-barred-from-competing-in-preferred- olympic-event-2021-7 Olympian Caster Semenya loses appeal over testosterone levels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-LmHctxv0 Caster Semenya breaks her silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQYdyDsioY These Girls Are Suing The Government Over Trans Athletes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WpxrHLf0U Chase Strangio | TIME100 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtHdckn_nYo Chelsea Manning says she didn't think her leaks would threaten national security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSx1VG8UnF8 Submit Written Notes / Observations / Questions from this Coursework to Web Campus Due before noon Monday November 1