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Gendered Lives, Chapter two
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1. Discuss Video Theme—Define/Relate terms The theme of this video states that it is not proven that when doctors make a decision as to the newborn being a boy or a girl they do not take into account how the baby will grow up, as a boy or a girl. Doctors assume a position when they suggest to the parents what should be done. In their assumption they do not take into account that anything will change in that newborn’s mindset as they grow into adolescence. Sex is a biological factor. In the cases of John-Joan and Jade the doctors saw an informality that the child was born with and they changed the sex organs to what they believed the child would grow into being, in both cases a girl. In the case of John-Joan the follow-up that was done falsely stated that everything was going fine and the John-Joan was happy growing up as a little girl. In this case, however, John was not. Gender is a social, symbolic system through which a culture attaches significance to biological sex. In the case of John-Joan he was raised as a girl but was uncomfortable in this setting. As he grew older, he realized he was a boy and that is what he wanted to be. Though through his gender role he was brought up to dress, look, and act like a girl he realized that his true gender identity was that of a boy’s. While at Baker’s on Saddle Creek one day my roommate and I were buying groceries.
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