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Beyond Choice In Japan , the fetus is humanized in many contexts, and yet abortion is ethically acceptable.  Even second trimester abortions are legal in Japan.  The question of when life begins, central to U.S. abortion politics, is less important to the Japanese ethical framework.  The focus is neither on the rights of the mother nor on the personhood of the fetus, but rather on the social life of the child, the welfare of the family, and the question of the social good more broadly. EXAMPLE OF THE SOCIO_IDENTITY found in Japan rather than our individualism In Japan, as elsewhere, a mother is trusted to make the decision about the fate of her fetus not because she has freedom of “choice” but rather because she is its trusted caregiver;  a parent alone can provide her child with an appropriate environment.  Japanese parents do live with deep psychic tensions between the acceptance of the humanity of the fetus and the pervasive practi...

Believing is Seeing (Judith Lorber) Sex is a social construction (like gender) there is no definition of female or male that could include all those who are labeled as one of the binary sex categories intersexed individuals are illustrative (one) of the fallacy of binary sex categories Once we accept this binary, we construct a world which heightens (or even creates) these differences the human built environment is designed for male bodies (because of greater male power I culture) gym equipment desks cars Historically, biological sex has been defined in a variety of ways progression from attributing differences to religious demands ( god ) to the definitions given through science anatomy is destiny (wombs, breasts, menstruation, pregnancy) except for procreative hormones and organs, men and women have similar bodies (reality) When sex is ambiguous we alter infants to conform to binary classification based on penis size now/presence of ovaries in the 19th ce...

Consciousness (Merleau-Ponty) the  body-subject  as an alternative to the Cartesian "cogito." Consciousness, the world, and the human body as a perceiving thing are intricately intertwined and mutually  engaged . (This is very different from Butler, as we shall see). The world and the sense of self are emergent phenomena in an ongoing  becoming. This becoming process is the result of  being-in-the-world , which creates a tacit (unconscious, automatic) observation of objects around us based on cumulative experiences. Phenomonology :  the experience one has in their lived body. Rehabituation :  how experience is changed when one learns new ways of making sense of and using their bodies Kinestesia : (Maxine Sheets Johnstone) not an object of consciousness or perception, but more accurately a “felt unfolding dynamic” Knowing where your body is in space all at once. Something t...