Chapter 7 - Gender & Sexuality Flashcards
Auxiliary traits
Characteristics that are presumed to accompany a specific master status
Looking-glass self (Interactionist Perspective)
The sense of ourselves that we develop based on our perceptions of how others view us
What are the 3 components to the looking-glass self?
1) we imagine how we how we appear to others
2) we imagine how they judge that appearance
3) we incorporate the perceived judgments of others into our own sense of self
Recidivism
Committing further crimes after having been convicted of a crime
Sex
Biological characteristics that include sex chromosomes, primary sex characteristics, and secondary characteristics
Dualism
A contrast between two opposing categories
Gender
The expected, and actual thoughts, feelings, and behaviours associated with a particular sex, within a certain culture, at a given point in history
Femininity
The thoughts, feelings, and behaviours associated with being female
Masculinity
The thoughts, feelings, and behaviours associated with being male
Heterosexuality
Sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex
Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to members of the same sex
Intersexed
A person whose physical sex characteristics fall outside the boundaries of the dualism of male/female
Bisexuality
Sexual attraction to both males and females
Sexual script
The framework that we use to understand our own sexuality and that guides our sexual lives
What are the three distinctive parts of our sexual scripts?
1) intrapsychic scripts
2) interpersonal scripts
3) cultural scenario
Intrapsychic script
The private world of our fantasies and desires, not all of which you will necessarily act upon in life
Interpersonal script
Emerge from our interactions with others - what we have learned from particular people in our lives about appropriate or inappropriate sexuality
Cultural scenarios
Reflect the larger cultural norms surrounding sexuality
Transgendered
Individuals who identify themselves with another sex, and seek to live their lives on that basis
Personal-social identity continuum
The range of traits you possess that emphasize the manner in which you see yourself as a unique individual on one end and those which underscore your membership in a group on the other end
