Question

Upon getting up in the morning, after using a plethora of scented products in the shower and checking to make sure no body hair is evident, Christina routinely spends the next 20 minutes putting on make-up. About 20 minutes after that, this person attends to an elaborate hairstyle that includes using a curling iron, hairdryer, and special styling products. This person is most likely:

Answer 1

Question Options:

a. expressing her heterosexuality

b. doing gender

c. disregarding her traditional gender roles

d. displaying her sex

Answer: DOING GENDER.

Explanation: "Doing gender" is a term most found in sociology and gender studies. Doing gender refers to the identification as a man, a woman being a psychologically ingrained social construct that actively surfaces in everyday human interaction rather than being inborn or existing from birth.

This idea is mostly predominant in western cultures.