Sex And Gender Quotes

On this page you will find all the quotes on the topic "Sex And Gender". There are currently 7 quotes in our collection about Sex And Gender. Discover the TOP 10 sayings about Sex And Gender!
The best sayings about Sex And Gender that you can share on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and other social networks!
  • Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act... a "doing" rather than a "being". There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results. If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called 'sex' is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.

  • Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there should be two movements: LG and BT. But then what're ya gonna do about SM players? And intersexed folks who want their own I in the alphabet soup of sex and gender related politics?

    Sex   Believe   Mean  
    "Interview with Kate". TV Series "P.O.V." ("Georgie Girl"), www.pbs.org. June 20, 2003.
  • I have a lot of really wonderful friends who are of very different sexes and genders.

    "Lost & Found". Interview with Shana Naomi Krochmal, www.out.com. August 15, 2012.
  • When industry people see something different they don't know what to do with it, so filmmakers who make films about women, they kind of fall through the cracks. If a woman filmmaker makes film about war, like [Kathryn] Bigelow, they say "Okay, this is a war film, it has ninety percent men in it, we know what to do with it." But then she still gets attacked for not doing it properly. [...] But even though it bothers me I don't want to dwell on the sex and gender thing.

    Sex   War   Fall  
    "Animating the Unspeakable". Interview with Isabel Ortiz, logger.believermag.com. May 14, 2015.
  • One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

    The Second Sex vol. 2, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949) (translation by H. M. Parshley)
  • You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the long term? Join or initiate some good legal battles against the puritanical laws that exist around sex and gender.

    Sex   School   Artist  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • We have not always been forced to pass, to go underground, in order to work and live. We have a right to live openly and proudly...when our lives are suppressed, everyone is denied an understanding of the rich diversity of sex and gender expression and experience that exist in human society.

    Sex   Expression   Order  
    Leslie Feinberg (1996). “Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman”, Beacon Press (MA)
Page 1 of 1
We hope our collection of Sex And Gender quotes has inspired you! Our collection of sayings about Sex And Gender is constantly growing (today it includes 7 sayings from famous people about Sex And Gender), visit us more often and find new quotes from famous authors!
Share our collection of quotes on social networks – this will allow as many people as possible to find inspiring quotes about Sex And Gender!