Visual Culture – Gender, Identity and "The Other" Lecture

Gender, Identity and "The Other"

The state of being male or female        

Social and Cultural differences

The members of one or other sex

Sex = Biological Difference

Gender = Culture or Social

Gender - Paradigm - bound to influence culture

Nature vs Nurture

Gender Spectrum 

Terms:

Agender - no gender experience/identity

Androdgyne - Both male and female traits

Bi-gender - two separate genders 

Cisgender - identity match birth gender

Cisfemale - sex is female, identity is male

Cismale - sex is male, identity is male

FTM - assigned by cultural authority 

Gender fluid - has mix of male and female gender

Gender Nonconformity - acting typical of gender

Gender Questioning - questions gender or is experimenting

Gender-queer - state of being beyond/between gender of combination of gender

Intersex

MTF

Neither

Neuturol

Non-Binary

Other 

Pan-Gender

Trans

Trans* - adds fluidity to complex

Trans-feminine

Transgender

Transgender Male

Transgender Female

Transgender Person

Trans-masculine

Transexual Male

Transexual Female

Transexual Man 

Transexual Woman

Two-Spirit

Films

Tangerine

The Danish Girl

The Other

We are different people and share common interests with others

Concept of otherness as an integral part of comprehending a person

People construct roles for themselves in relation to the other 

A person's belonging is part of their sense of self and create connections to people, groups, things, places, ideas and cultures

Heterogeneity 

Homogeneity 

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