Female Rage in Horror: why we want it, why we need it
The angry female figures of the past were feared and hated, in the likeness of Medusa or the common witch….
Unlike gender identity and gender expression, sex refers to the biological and genetic differences between female-assigned and male-assigned bodies. More specifically, those assigned female at birth have two X chromosomes, and those assigned male at birth have one X and one Y chromosome. Typically, based on these chromosomes and other physical characteristics, people are grouped as either female or male.
However, contrary to popular belief, the biology of sex has a spectrum of differences that cannot be classified simply as woman and man. Some people born with a combination of sex characteristics and reproductive organs are classified on the genetic sex spectrum as intersex.
The angry female figures of the past were feared and hated, in the likeness of Medusa or the common witch….
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