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dichotomizing sect.

When my group was first given the assignment to read over the section, dichotomizing into sexual orientation I never knew what the term dichotomizing was. Come to find out dichotomized is explained to mean into black/white, white/black, or gay/straight- and individuals are expected to fit easily in one category or the other. This section has made it clear to me just how casual the word gay has become in our language and the mood in which we treat the whole situation. Until this article I never realized that still until this day, scientist are seeking ways biologically to prove who is straight, or gay, and who is what race. However wit hall the studies done there is not one study that can confirm with a percentile rating of who is who biologically. It speaks of a man whom said he felt obligated to be with women, but was at his happiest when he was with men. This section also includes something on dichotomizing class. This section points out how social class points out a persons core worth and who is in merit on society. Following this it the goes on to explain terms dealing with dichotomizing sex. It says the pressures dealing with sex and how its all biologically linked except the one in 200000 people who have conflict biologically with their identity.
While reading through my section I was rather surprised at the amount of experiments that scientist do to biologically differentiate between who is gay and who is straight. To me that concept is kind of disappointing because what does it matter who is what? If that is the way someone chooses to be then we should respect that and let them live their life the way they please! It also pointed out to me how casually society uses the phrase “that’s gay” or “your gay!” I never realized how insulting that could be or how disrespectful we are truly being when we say those phrases. It also disappoints me about the woman who happened to have the male gene getting disqualified from the Olympics. I could see maybe if she was using steroids, but in her case it was a biological dysfunction so why punish her for it? I hate how women and men are assigned to different categories, and why we are blows my mind. Logistically speaking men are biologically built “stronger” but who is to say what is stronger then what? Women bear children and that in its self takes strength, and women deal with cramps, and menstrual cycles. Who is to say we are weaker because of our muscle mass? All in all, this has opened my eyes to how casually we accept discrimination and disrespect people without even noticing