Child development: sex and gender

Question 1

Bigender

Answer 1

Fluctuates between male and female gender-based identities

Question 2

Cisgender

Answer 2

Biological sex at birth and gender identity are the same

Question 3

Gender expression

Answer 3

The external display of one’s gender, usually on a scale of masculinity and femininity

Question 4

Gender queer

Answer 4

Does not identify as a man or woman/umbrella term for non-binary and non-conforming identities

Question 5

Intersex

Answer 5

A person born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the definitions of male or female

Question 6

Gender variant

Answer 6

A person who either by nature or by choice does not conform to gender-based expectations of society

Question 7

Mx

Answer 7

Gender neutral version of Mr, Mrs

Question 8

Gender fluid

Answer 8

A mix of boy and girl. A person may always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders, but may feel one gender more than the other on some days

Question 9

Transgender

Answer 9

A person who identifies as a gender other than the expected gender based off the sex assigned at birth

Question 10

Third gender

Answer 10

Gender other a man or woman

Question 11

What are the factors that determine gender?

Answer 11

Prenatal hormones, development of male or female genitalia, parents assign as male or female and raise accordingly