Chapter 5 Flashcards
Sex
One’s biological category, male or female, based on anatomy and physiology (assigned at birth, building blocks)
sexual identity
the recognition , or internalization, of a biological sex category (matches sex category usually)
gender
the social realization of biological sex
gender identity
the identification with the social category boy/man or girl/women
gender expression
one’s pattern of outward behavior in relation to common standards of a gender category
Facts
- fashion is a way we turn biological sexual identities into social ones
- androgens cause fetus to develop male sex organs
sexual dimorphism
physical differences between the sexes (male and female)
Life span
women live longer than men on average
Intersex
a condition in which a persons chromosomal composition doesn’t correspond with his or her sexual anatomy at birth or the anatomy is not clearly male or female
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
born female but have ambiguous genitalia because of androgens
Hemaphrodites
part male, part female
androgen insensitivity
born male but can’t use hormones so have female external anatomy and male internal anatomy
Transgender
a term to describe individuals whose gender identity does not match their assigned sex
androgynous
neither exclusively masculine nor exclusively feminine
socialization
the process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure, making those elements part of their own personality
