Do you think it is possible to ungender ourselves? Would getting rid of gender as a social category be a good thing for society? If you believe that both sex and gender are socially constructed categories, can they take very different forms? John Stoltenberg (2006) imagines a society in which sex hormones become "individuality inducers" and sex organs like the penis and clitoris are seen as different forms of the same basic anatomy. What would gender look like in such a society, or would it exist at all?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. about a third b. less than 10% c. over half d. less than 5%
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A. assimilation B. segregation C. cultural pluralism D. expulsion
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