Biosocial Gender Dysphoria

Question 1

Biological factors and gender dysphoria…

Answer 1

Predisposed by BSTc being of incorrect size. Large in males, smaller in females, influences sexual behaviour, if wrong size can lead to behave more feminine

Question 2

Social factors…

Answer 2

Lack of same sex role model, child of opposite sex favoured, opposite sex behaviours positivitly reinforced lead to unhappiness with gender

Question 3

Supporting evidence

Answer 3

Reker

Question 4

Reker’s findings

Answer 4

75% of boys who displayed cross-gender behaviour (such as cross dressing) had no father figure
Other half of the 25% describe there father as psychological distant

Question 5

Zhou et al findings…

Answer 5

Studied BSTc’s in 6 male to female transsexuals and found it was same size as heterosexual women supporting biological element

Question 6

Contrary evidence to Zhou…

Answer 6

Hulshoff studied same people and said they were taking feminising hormones which could be responsible for this

Question 7

Commentary…

Answer 7

Less cases of gender dysphoria where less strict gender roles I.e Lakota tribe

Question 8

Debates…

Answer 8

Nature nurture
Socially sensitive
Deterministic partially