Exam #1 Gender Com Flashcards
Research Types
Qualitative Research: Uses interviews, focus groups, and content analysis to dig into personal experiences and societal norms.
Quantitative Research: Involves surveys and experiments to collect numbers and spot trends.
Differences Between Gender
Biological Factors: Looks at differences in chromosomes (like XX for females and XY for males), hormones, and reproductive anatomy.
Socialization: How cultural expectations and upbringing influence our behaviors and communication styles.
Gender
The roles and behaviors society associates with being male or female.
Biological Sex
Physical and genetic characteristics
Gender Identity
An individual’s personal sense of their gender, which may or may not align with their biological sex.
Gender Expression
How one expresses their gender through clothing, behavior, and communication.
Gender Roles
Expectations regarding how individuals should behave based on their gender.
Cisgender
Identifying with the gender that corresponds to one’s biological sex.
Transgender
Identifying with a gender different from one’s biological sex
Nonbinary
Identifying outside the traditional male/female binary.
Learned Behavior
Gender roles are taught through family, media, and social interactions.
Social Learning Theory
Gender is learned through reinforcement and imitation.
Cognitive Development Theory
Children learn gender roles through cognitive processes, including gender constancy (understanding that gender remains the same over time).
Gender Schema Theory
Frameworks that help individuals organize and interpret gender-related information.
Symbolic Interactionism
Focuses on how social interactions shape our understanding of gender roles.
Standpoint Theory
Knowledge is shaped by social position; marginalized perspectives offer unique insights.
Intersectionality
Explores how various social identities (race, gender, class) intersect and influence experiences.
Queer Theories
Challenge fixed identities and traditional notions of gender and sexuality (e.g., Judith Butler’s Gender Performativity).
Exclusion
Language that ignores or marginalizes certain genders (e.g., using “he” as a default).
Reinforcement of Binaries
Language that promotes a strict male/female divide.
Shaping Awareness
Language influences how we understand and discuss gender issues.
Speech Communities
Men and women often have different communication styles shaped by socialization (e.g., competitive vs. collaborative communication).
Artifacts
Clothing, accessories that express gender.
Proxemics
Use of personal space (e.g., men may take up more space).
Haptics
Use of touch to convey messages (e.g., differences in comfort with touch).
Kinesics
Body language (e.g., posture differences).
Paralanguage
Tone, pitch, and vocal inflections.
