Is our belief that there are two – and only two – categories of people (male and female) a biological reality or a social construction? WHY? What is Kessler’s view?
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The question is asking whether the belief in only two categories of people (male and female) is based on biological facts or is a social construct, and it also requests information about Kessler's perspective on this topic.
Answer
It's a social construction. Kessler views gender as a social construct.
The belief that there are only two categories of people (male and female) is largely considered a social construction. Kessler argues that gender is a social construct, and the binary view of sexes is shaped by societal norms and shared methods of categorizing reality.
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The belief that there are only two categories of people (male and female) is largely considered a social construction. Kessler argues that gender is a social construct, and the binary view of sexes is shaped by societal norms and shared methods of categorizing reality.
More Information
Suzanne Kessler, along with Wendy McKenna, elaborated on how societal norms and practices have shaped the perception of a binary gender system.
Sources
- Gender: An Ethnomethodological Approach - thenewatlantis.com
- Social construction of gender - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org
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