Chapter 22 - Gender Identity Flashcards
the child persistently and strongly prefers cross-sex roles in fantasy play or has persistent fantasies about being the other sex
cross-gender identification
criteria in children
states desired to be the other sex
frequently passing as the other sex
desire to live or be treated as the other sex
conviction that he/she has the typical feelings and reactions of the other sex
cross-gender identification
criteria in adult
the androgenital syndrome
overproduction of adrenal androgens beginning prenatally
congenital virilizaing adrenal hyperplasia
testicular feminization
XY karyotype
found later to have cryptorchid testes
androgen insensitivity syndrome
sex karotype is X
have female genitalia, require exogenous estrogen due to dysfunctional ovaries
turners syndrome
XXY karyotype
appear to be normal males at birth
gynecomastia is adolecence, small testes
klinefelter syndrome
prevents conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
appears female at birth
may virilize at puberty
5 alpha reductase deficiency
infants born with ambiguous genitals
pseudohermaphroditism
a group whose common feature is a strong, persistent preference for living as a person of the other sex
transsexualism
gender identity disorders
heterosexual
homosexual
bisexual
celibate
sexual behavior
girl/woman
boy/man
transgender
pt thinks of them self mentally
gender identity
lesbian gay straight bi asexual queer
sexual orientation
female
male
intersex
sex
feminine
masculine
assigned by society
gender roles
