Analysis Of What It Means To Be Gendered Me

Betsy Lucal, "What it means to be gendered me: Life on the Boundaries of a Dichotomous Gender System."
In "What It Means to be Gendered Me", Betsy Lucal, a tall female sociologist with a male appearance faces many difficulties in her interaction with others. She is challenged when trying to use the ladies toilet, service staff addresses her as ‘sir ' and she is suspected of fraud when attempting to use her credit card. Since people perceive her appearance to be male when she is with her younger brother, young women try to flirt with her. If she is with her female friends, people tend to think of them as heterosexual couples (lucal).
Gender is not about the biological differences between men and women but rather the behavioral, cultural and psychological traits typically associated with one sex. Gender is socially constructed meaning it 's culturally specific, it 's learned and shared through gender socialization. What it means to be a woman or man is going to differ based on the culture, geographical location, and time. What it meant to be a woman in the US in the 19th century is different than what it means to be a woman in the 21st century. As cultures evolve over time so are the ideals of what it means to be man or woman. Lucal is being treated as male in her interactions with other because the society gender system is a two-and-only-two meaning you 're either a male or a

I had to ask the lady to go to men 's fitting room when she replied that she was female but left the fitting room because of the hostile environment. Even though she really was a woman but because people could not get a womanly cue from her them they assumed that she was a male thus their hostility towards her entering a woman 's only