Whereas Fine studied the neurological differences between genders, Roughgarden moves the discussion to the biological aspect of the social spectrum for human beings. Roughgarden (2004) goes into detail about the evolution of sex, areas of biology, focusing on human development as well as gender and sexuality variation across the country. Roughgarden touches on some of the myths about the social spectrum humans use to construct gender binary. Roughgarden (2004) talks about how when you ask an individual what gender is, they immediately say male or female, which in according to Roughgarden is not necessarily true. Along with this, Roughgarden (2004) mentions in her book the sexual differences every person has. These differences can be divided
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When a baby opens his or her eyes after birth and looks around, whom will the baby emulate and whom will he or she merely notice? Perhaps a male baby will emulate his father or other men, perhaps not, and a female baby her mother or other women, perhaps not (p 244).
Gender identity can develop at almost any time throughout a person’s life, but it usually occurs as a small boy or girl. They will find themselves drawn to the same gender, not necessarily in a sexual way, but with intrigued feelings. Another topic mentioned in Evolution’s Rainbow was sexual orientation relating to the “gay gene” that was thought to be found in 1993. Two experimentalists, Hamer and Pattatucci, claimed homosexuality was linked to a spot on the X chromosome called the “gay gene” which was located at the tip of the long arm, section Xq28 (Roughgarden 2004). They created a test to detect this newly found gay gene between homosexual brothers. Results showed that only 33 out of the 40 brothers shared the section Xq28, resulting it not be related to homosexuality at all (Roughgarden …show more content…
These groups are known to have a social space in their society that is based on their gender and sexuality. The two-spirits are both man and woman, otherwise known as transgender (Roughgarden 2004). These people focus on the spirit, rather than the body, this means that a transgender woman would dress like a woman but still physically appear as male. The Mahu are known as half man and half woman due to the women taking care of the young males but treating them as a female. The last group is known as a third gender, where they are neither male or female. The Hijras focus on the body, instead of the spirit, they are considered gender fluid. These groups show us that even though they are different, their tribes allow the social space for them. This should show us that even though they are not on one side of the spectrum, they are still human and they do not necessarily have anything wrong with them. They are simply human, trying to figure out who they are supposed to be in life, regardless if they were born male or
When a baby opens his or her eyes after birth and looks around, whom will the baby emulate and whom will he or she merely notice? Perhaps a male baby will emulate his father or other men, perhaps not, and a female baby her mother or other women, perhaps not (p 244).
Gender identity can develop at almost any time throughout a person’s life, but it usually occurs as a small boy or girl. They will find themselves drawn to the same gender, not necessarily in a sexual way, but with intrigued feelings. Another topic mentioned in Evolution’s Rainbow was sexual orientation relating to the “gay gene” that was thought to be found in 1993. Two experimentalists, Hamer and Pattatucci, claimed homosexuality was linked to a spot on the X chromosome called the “gay gene” which was located at the tip of the long arm, section Xq28 (Roughgarden 2004). They created a test to detect this newly found gay gene between homosexual brothers. Results showed that only 33 out of the 40 brothers shared the section Xq28, resulting it not be related to homosexuality at all (Roughgarden …show more content…
These groups are known to have a social space in their society that is based on their gender and sexuality. The two-spirits are both man and woman, otherwise known as transgender (Roughgarden 2004). These people focus on the spirit, rather than the body, this means that a transgender woman would dress like a woman but still physically appear as male. The Mahu are known as half man and half woman due to the women taking care of the young males but treating them as a female. The last group is known as a third gender, where they are neither male or female. The Hijras focus on the body, instead of the spirit, they are considered gender fluid. These groups show us that even though they are different, their tribes allow the social space for them. This should show us that even though they are not on one side of the spectrum, they are still human and they do not necessarily have anything wrong with them. They are simply human, trying to figure out who they are supposed to be in life, regardless if they were born male or