If this questioning were based on suspicion of steroid use, theĬase would be no different from that of Roger Clemens or Mark McGuire, or even Track and Field Time of 2:08:00, caused officials from the International Association of Athletics Foundation (IAAF) to Her time of 1:55:45, a surprising improvement from her 2008 In 2009, the 18-year old South African athlete, Caster Semenya, won the women’s 800-meter Introduction to Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Describe the functionalist, critical, symbolic interactionist, and queer theory perspectives on sex and sexuality.Define sexual inequality in various societies.Understand different attitudes associated with sex and sexuality.Describe the functionalist, critical and symbolic interactionist perspectives on gender.Understand the effect of gender inequality in major North American institutions.Explain the influence of socialization on gender roles in Canada.Analyze the dominant gender schema and how it influences social perceptions of sex and gender.Distinguish between transgendered, transsexual, intersexual, and homosexual identities.Understand and discuss the role of homophobia and heterosexism in society.Analyze the relationship between society and biology in formations of gender identity.Define and differentiate between sex, gender, and sexuality.The Difference between Sex, Gender and Sexuality
