The third sex:
male vs. female
boy – girl
(half of the world have penises,
the other half have vaginas)
 Genitals are gender?
 Objects of sexual desires
are form the "opposite sex"
Why there is such a
"natural" dichotomy
god, science, doctors, mothers said so.
The third sex is a
convenient alternative to
the "natural attitude"
illustrate how
gender, sex or sexuality can be constructed
Intersex: approx. 5 % human births
another category of phenotypic or biological sex in addition to the dichotomous
categories of male and female