The movie "Boys Don't Cry," narrates the true life story of Teena (AKA Brandon), which clearly shows that gender and sexual orientation are independent of biological sex. Transgendering and homosexuality are two concepts depicted in the movie that are not accepted in our society. ... Wood wrote that "sex is a designation based on biology, while gender is socially and psychologically constructed" (19). ...

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Once widely referred to as a biological construct we can now show race to be a social construct due to discoveries in human biology. ... It was not until the application of Gregor Mendel's (1822-1884) discovery of genes that allowed the expansion of science in biology in the last century. ... Examples can be found in the movie Avatar (2009). ...

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The movie Gattaca is all about judging a person from birth based on their genetic code, and not factoring in environmental influences. ... Biology is the study of all living things. The movie portrays how a Genetically elite world would coexist with ones whom are not genetically elite and how the genetically elite would hold all the power in society. ...

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