2.1 Unpicking sex and gender

Activity 2.1: Explaining sex and gender

Timing: Allow 30 minutes

Part 1

What happens when a baby is born? Complete the following table by dragging the statements into the boxes. Alternatively, you can download the accessible PDF version below.

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Discussion

Having done this exercise, do you consider a UK birth certificate recording ‘M’ or ‘F’ to be a biological process or a socially constructed one? In Germany, there is a third category for intersex children who don’t fit this M/F classification (Schotel and Mügge, 2021) – what does this imply about the system we have, and what are the implications for trans and intersex people?

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2 Examining our biases and assumptions

2.2 Meeting Patrick