Gender & Sexual Diversity with Michael Pepper
Channel: Science and Cocktails Johannesburg
Date: 2016-07-08

Science & Cocktails Johannesburg
28 June 2016
Speaker: Michael Pepper

 What is Gender and Sexual Diversity (GSD) and how is it perceived in our society? What is the impact of an inability to embrace this diversity? What are the definable elements, from a biological perspective, which contribute to GSD? Can health-care professionals distinguish between the different components of GSD, and should they do so?

In this episode of Science & Cocktails Johannesburg, Michael Pepper examines the relationships between biological sex (physical and psychological), sexual orientation and gender. Gender is defined by the World Health Organisation as "socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women".

Prof. Pepper will expand on the important implications that the interrelationship between biological sex, sexual orientation and gender identity has in our society and discuss whether acquiring a more in-depth understanding of the mechanisms leading to GSD can improve its acceptance in society. 

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