Chapter 12: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Question 1

‘doing gender’

Answer 1

when people perform tasks based upon the gender assigned to them by society and, in turn, themselves

Question 2

double standard

Answer 2

concept that prohibits premarital sexual intercourse for women but allows it for men

Question 3

gender identity

Answer 3

an individual’s sense of being either masculine or feminine

Question 4

gender role

Answer 4

society’s concept of how men and women should behave

Question 5

gender

Answer 5

a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions of behaviors that are considered male or female

Question 6

homophobia

Answer 6

an extreme or irrational aversion to homosexuals

Question 7

queer theory

Answer 7

a scholarly discipline that questions fixed (normative) definitions of gender and sexuality

Question 8

sexism

Answer 8

the prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another

Question 9

sex

Answer 9

a term that denotes the presence of physical or physiological differences between males and females

Question 10

sexual orientation

Answer 10

a person’s emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female)

Question 11

sexuality

Answer 11

a person’s capacity for sexual feelings

Question 12

transgender

Answer 12

a term that refers to individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are opposite of their biological sex

Question 13

transsexuals

Answer 13

transgendered individuals who wish to alter their bodies through medical interventions such as surgery and hormonal therapy