Gender identities

Question 1

What was Simone De Beauvoir’s quote in 1973.

Answer 1

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Daddy’s comment: Interesting as in the womb all foetuses start developing as female and after a time the gender changes for males. To believe both the physical does not match the emotional.

Question 2

What are the trigger words for Gender Identity for Functionalism?

Answer 2

FUNCTIONALISM: Traditional gender roles are efficient, segregated conjugal roles, breadwinner and housewife roles

Question 3

What are the trigger words for Gender Identity for Postmodernism?

Answer 3

POSTMODERNISM: Fluidity, choice, freedom of choice, rise in diversity, variety, pick n mic identity, decline in traditional values/identity.

Question 4

What are the trigger words for Gender Identity for Feminism?

Answer 4

FEMINISM: Patriarchal values (RF), increase in equality (LF), Progress (RF/LF), Restrictions around gender choice due to women’s social class (MF)

Question 5

What are the trigger words for Gender Identity for Marxism?

Answer 5

MARXISM: Choice surrounding gender identity is affected by money, such as the cost of plastic surgery, or buying designer labels, or having expensive hair colours.