Sociology :: Sociology Essays

intro to SociologyWhen asked about transsexuals, Mildred Brown, author of True Selves quoted that it is a dilemma of feeling pin down in the wrong physical gender. Transsexuality is a phenomenon, which re wholey has not been scientifically examined. Through call on the carpet shows such as Jerry Springer, Jenny Jones or the Maury Show, corporation tends to experience a one-sided view on this matter. While observation the Maury Show, Man or Woman, the audiences reaction to the transsexuals on stage were not of disgust but more of fearfulness. They were in awe that a man could look so much like a woman and how some women showed very masculine features. The guests on this show were necessarily labeled as "freaks" regardless of whether it was verbally spoken or not. The talk show was a brief one. Maury Povich, the host, introduced 12 beautiful women onto the stage. There were ii black women, five Hispanic women, and five white women on stage. They all flaunted their flaw less bodies. Some were voluptuous others were more on the thinner side, until now none of them seemed to be any different than any other modelling/porn star. All the guests on this show were in their mid twenties to their mid thirties. The theme of this show was for the audience to see if they could tell the discrepancy between a man and a woman.      Watching the faces in the audience, I noted that each(prenominal) and every one of them were judging all the guests. were century% men, and some were 100% women. They all stood in a line and for each one, the cross-dressing guests would either prove the audience wrong or right in their judgments. On more than half of the guests, the audience was proven wrong. It was incredible to see some of these guests strut their bodies as the opposite gender. Some of the men looked so much like women that the audience was in complete shock when they revealed their authorized gender. Now came the interrogation. I call this a n interrogation because all these guests ar one after another put on under the spotlight. Maury Povich digs under their skin to humble to expose how freakish they really are. The audience is silent and their faces are wrinkled in confusion to try to understand why the guests are the expressive style they are and who or what made them become like this. The guests sit on their chairs with their head held up high, legs crossed, gloating under all the attention they are receiving.