Sarah Graham [SEP] sex or gender
Sarah Graham
Sarah Graham is an intersex activist and drug addiction counsellor and consultant. She was a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and is a co-founder of the Amy Winehouse Foundation. In recognition of her intersex activism, "The Independent on Sunday" called her an LGBT "national treasure" and ranked her second in its 2015 "Rainbow List" of the most influential LGBT people in the UK.
Androgen insensitivity.
Graham has XY chromosomes, but due to having complete androgen insensitivity
for the female viewers, serve to reverse gender discrimination rather than creating gender equality. Oates explains how more and more action movies and Chick flick films create the heterosexual female gaze through showcasing male’s bodies. In her article Oates uses examples from films such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, New Moon and Magic Mike. In Magic Mike for example, Mike only becomes a love interest after he quits his job as a stripper. Thus illustrating Mike as a sex object or love interest, but not both creating sex negativity. She argues