Coming Home to Love and Class

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Johnson ◽  
Steph Lawler
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Love Relationships ◽  
Love Relationship ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
A Site

This article explores how romantic love, desire, and social class are mutually influencing factors in the formation and enactment of heterosexual intimate relationships. Using qualitative interview data from a study of heterosexuality and love we analyse some of the ways in which social class structures love relationships and, furthermore, how such relationships are a site in which class is ‘done’. In particular, we explore a central paradox of the heterosexual love relationship: while heterosexuality relies upon the difference it creates in terms of sex and gender one other form of difference - class difference - is understood to be an obstacle to, if not antithetical to, a ‘successful’ relationship. Indeed, as we will show, this form of difference, for some people at least, is one that must be guarded and defended against.

scholarly journals Sex and gender: you should know the difference

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 1294-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darcy E. Broughton ◽  
Robert E. Brannigan ◽  
Kenan R. Omurtag
Keyword(s):  
Sex And Gender ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender

Sex and gender: what is the difference?

2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 785-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta N. Torgrimson ◽  
Christopher T. Minson
Keyword(s):  
Sex And Gender ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Breaking the Binary

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Mercer-Mapstone ◽  
Sarah Bajan ◽  
Kasia Banas ◽  
Arthur Morphett ◽  
Kristine McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Minority Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Student Cohorts ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Partnership Approach

The need to make higher education curricula gender-inclusive is increasingly pressing as student cohorts diversify. We adopted a student-staff partnership approach to design, integrate, and evaluate a module that taught first-year science students the difference between biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation in the context of genetics concepts at an Australian university. This module aimed to break the binary in misconceptions of both sex and gender, emphasising that both exist on separate spectra. Data triangulation was used to evaluate students’ attitudes towards the module and their learning of module concepts. Students’ attitudes were positive overall, and evaluation of students’ learning indicated that the majority of students understood and retained key concepts, while also identifying common misconceptions. Perhaps the most important finding was that students who identified as belonging to a minority group had significantly more positive attitudes towards the module than non-minority students. This finding supports previous research that has found inclusive curricula have greater benefit for students from minority backgrounds, indicating the importance of making such curriculum enhancements. Our results speak to both the co-creation process and students’ learning outcomes, providing valuable insights for practitioners both within science and beyond.

The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, and Sexual Orientation

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 362
Author(s):  
Susan M. Alexander ◽  
Karen E. Rosenblum ◽  
Toni-Michelle C. Travis ◽  
Virginia Cyrus
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Toward a new theory of gender transcendence: Insights from a qualitative study of gendered self-concept and self-expression in a sample of individuals assigned female at birth

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Body Modification ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
Transgender Identity ◽  
North Americans ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender

Sex and gender are two concepts that are often conflated in popular culture. However, those who experience dissonance between their assigned sex and gender identity intimately understand the difference between sex, a biologicallybased distinction, and gender, a confluence of social and behavioral factors that contribute to understanding who one is as well as how one is seen by others. The gendered self-understanding and self-expression of 170 North Americans who self-identified as gender nonconforming and who were assigned female at birth were explored using a transpersonal lens and thematic analysis. Data suggested a range and variety of gendered self-concepts that aligned across two broad themes: binary (female/woman; male/man) and non-binary (gender nonbinary; trans masculine) gender core identities. Themes of gendered self-concept, expression in behavior, dress style and appearance, and surgical body modification are discussed. These data support the application of transpersonal theory to transgender identity development, and they underscore the need for more research to test the validity of a new theoretical model of gender transcendence discussed herein.

scholarly journals KAJIAN TEORI ANDROGINI TERHADAP JENIS PERMAINAN DALAM PEMAHAMAN KARAKTER GENDER ANAK

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-221
Author(s):  
Zaifullah Zaifullah
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Selection Of

His paper is a literature review to explain the Androgyny theory of types of games in shaping the understanding of children's gender roles. The androgyny theory is expected to be able to change people's views about people's understanding of gender and gender which is very influential in the selection of games for young children so that it is considered very important to understand the difference between sex and gender.

scholarly journals Sex and Marriage in Machiavelli’s Mandragola: A Close(t) Reading

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-36
Author(s):  
Konrad Eisenbichler
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Désir Sexuel ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Sexual Interests

This article carries out a close reading of Niccolò Machiavelli’s play Mandragola (The mandrake root) from the perspective of sex and gender studies. In so doing, it takes into consideration what the play says or suggests about sexual desire, sexual practices, and conjugal life. This somewhat less conventional examination reveals that, under cover of entertainment and humour, Machiavelli was raising important questions about contemporary marriage conventions and sexual practices that ranged from the difference in age between the spouses to the difference in their sexual interests, from a couple’s desire for progeny to the partners’ (un)willingness to pay the marriage debt, from the matter of a man’s “honour” to the question of a woman’s “worth.” Cet article propose une lecture approfondie de la pièce de théâtre Mandragola (La Mandragore) de Nicolas Machiavel du point de vue du sexe et des études de genre. On y considère ce que cette pièce exprime ou suggère à propos du désir sexuel, des pratiques sexuelles et de la vie conjugale. Cette approche quelque peu non conventionnelle fait apparaître que Machiavel, sous les apparences du divertissement et de l’humour, y soulève d’importantes questions quant aux conventions de mariage et aux pratiques sexuelles de son époque, depuis la différence d’âge entre les conjoints jusqu’à leurs différences d’intérêt sexuel, en passant par le désir de procréer et le consentement à payer la dette de mariage, ainsi que par le sujet de « l’honneur » de l’homme et les interrogations sur la « valeur » de la femme.

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