‘One is not born a woman, rather one becomes a woman’ (De Beauvoir, 1949). Using sociological sources, discuss how we become men and women in contemporary society
It is important to point out at the onset of this essay the clear bias to a binary perspective on gender in the question itself, it presupposes and acts within a hegemonic heteronormative paradigm. This essay will show and work from a more expanded definition of gender by stating how it directly impacts ‘becoming’ in […]
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