Chapter 1 Sexuality. Pathways to understanding

Question 1

Gender

Sexuality

Answer 1

Gender—combination of cognitive, behavioral, & personality traits that differ between the sexes

Sexuality—conglomeration of the behavior & relationships of a person

Question 2

Notes about Sexuality and Gender

Answer 2

Sex is the biological differences between women and men. Biological!
Normally gender goes with sex, but as we can see in society that’s not always the case. The psychological experience of being male and female.
Sexuality includes all the sex that person has ever have, hers/his feelings about sex and gender.

Question 3

notes

Answer 3

Any type of sexual contact is consider a sexual relationship. In the scientific world even an one night stand is consider a sexual relationship

Question 4

Gender Identiry

Answer 4

identity—subjective sense of belonging to either sex.

Expressed through Gender Roles—socially expected behaviors based on sex

Question 5

Transexual

Answer 5

A person who identifies with the other sex and who seeks to transition to the other sex by means of hormone treatment and sex reassignment surgery.

Question 6

Transgender

Answer 6

One who identifies w the opposite gender

Having a gender identity that is discordant with one’s anatomical sex

Question 7

Hetero and Homosexual

Answer 7

If you are homosexual, that does not mean you will never have a sexual relation with the opposite sex, you might. The same applies for heterosexual individuals.

Question 8

(1) Reproductive Physiologist
(2) Pathologist

Answer 8

(1) the study of fertility and pregnancy
(2) is the precise study and diagnosis of disease

Question 9

Feminism

Answer 9

The idea that women are entitled to the same rights as men.

Key dates:

1850s-1920: suffrege & contraception

1960s-1980s (?): equality in every field

Question 10

Socialization

Answer 10

The effect of social influences on behavior and development of psychological traits.

Question 11

Sexual orientation

Answer 11

The direction of a person’s sexual feelings toward persons of the same sex, the other sex, or both sexes.

Question 12

What is Sexy and Attractive

Answer 12

It is defined by the culture, but it has been proven that men have an innate search for women with curves. Surves are a sign of fertility.

Question 13

Script Theory

Answer 13

The analysis of sexual and other behaviors as the enactment of socially instilled roles.

Question 14

Ethonography

Answer 14

the study of a cultural group (by sociologist), often by means of extended individual field work.