Gender and Sexuality

Heteronormativity




Kelsey Nairn

Applied Social Sciences (Honours)

South African College of Applied Psychology




Diversity in Psychology

Cithra Bheamadu

21st July 2022

, Table of Contents

Gender and Sexuality.................................................................................................................3

Gender Identity.......................................................................................................................3

Gender as a Social Construction.......................................................................................3

Heteronormativity......................................................................................................................4

Drivers of Heteronormativity in South Africa.......................................................................4

Institutional and State Oppression.....................................................................................5

The Media...........................................................................................................................5

Social Ideals of Masculinity...............................................................................................5

Consequences of Heteronormativity in South Africa.............................................................6

HIV and AIDS.....................................................................................................................6

Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6

References..................................................................................................................................8