Chapter 5: Genders And Sexualities

Question 1

Gender

Answer 1

The set of social expectations for how men and women are suppose to behave according to cultural standards. Social construct

Question 2

Gender identity

Answer 2

One’s identification with, or sense of belonging to a particular sex, biologically, physically and socially. How you identify

Question 3

Sex

Answer 3

assigned at birth by healthcare professionals based on male and female genitalia

Question 4

Sexuality

Answer 4

A topic that refers to individuals’ sexual desires behaviours, and identities

Question 5

Sexual orientation

Answer 5

Heterosexual, homosexual, bi, straight, pan sexual

Question 6

Social constructionism

Answer 6

Gender differences and sexuality are not products of social structures and culture (not biology) ex. Patriarchy and gender division of labour. Nurture

Question 7

Gender roles

Answer 7

Specific behaviours and attitudes that a society establishes for men and women

Question 8

Sexual scripts

Answer 8

Ideas of how males and females are suppose to interact with each others

Question 9

Heteronormativity

Answer 9

How social institutions and policies reinforce the presumption that people are heterosexual and that gender and sex are natural binaries.

Question 10

Queer theory

Answer 10

That sexuality is not binary (straight/gay) because various sexual orientations can exist

Question 11

Sociobiology

Answer 11

The study of the biological bases of behaviour in the context of neo-darwinian evolutionary theory

Question 12

Essentialist

Answer 12

Assume that male-female difference in behaviours are natural and universal. Opposite to social constructionism