Herms and Merms. Sara Ceraso

Last week in class we discussed the idea of the "5 sexes" and it really got me thinking about an episode of the show "House." There was a child who was born with both male and female dna, and the parents had to decide which one to raise their child as. In the end they had chosen the "wrong one." It also made me think about discussions I have had in my Theories and Methods class last semester dealing with feminist issues. Many people use the words female and woman interchangeably, which in fact is not valid. Biological sex refers to being male or female, that can't be changed. Gender is labeled with man or woman, which is socially constructed. Why is it that "women" end up "in the kitchen?" Because society has made it that way. She isn't in the kitchen because she was born female. It's a difficult process to explain, but relates back to the idea that most things are socially constructed and defined, included gender, race, and ethnic groups, etc.