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Sex definition
How do you determine it
Biological women or men
Genetic testing, anatomy of the body, hormone levels
Gender definition
Psychological, cultural and social means of masculinity and femininity
Androgyny
High degree of masculinity and femininity traits, overlapping
Gender identity
What a person views their gender as
Sexual orientation
What sex a person is attracted too
Gender differences (7)
Personality
Emotional
Social
Cognitive
Achievement
Physical
Sexual Attributes
Personality differences
Women: more nurturing
Men: more firm and assertive
Emotional dodo
Generally the same, women tend to express more
Social differences
Women: more rapport, connect
Men: more report, inform
Cognitive differences
Women: better at verbal and writing skills. Spatial is better at remembering the location of things.
Men: better at high level math skills, spatial is better at mental rotation
Achievement differences
Women: higher graduation and college rates
Men: tend to be in the bottom of the class
Physical differences
Women: more grey matter, more wrinkles, better multi tasking
Men: bigger brain, more lateralized
Sexual attributes
Similar in most aspects, men seem to be more permissive
Theories to explain the gender differences (3)
Evolutionary theory
Social role theory
Social cognitive theory
Gender schema theory
Evolutionary theor
Traits evolved to help survival and reproduction.
Social role theory
Society gives males/females different tasks.
Social cognitive theory
We learn gender roles by watching & copying.
Gender schema theory
We build ideas (schemas) about what’s masculine or feminine.
Gender intensification
Differences between men and women are more apparent during adolescence due to social pressures
Sexism and Bias
Old-fashioned sexism: belief in traditional gender roles
Modern sexism: pretending that sexism is around anymore
Shonda Rhimes
Culture
definition
Social patterns on shared meanings
Transmitted generationally
In-group
the group that you belong too
Cultral Variation
People often group others into a few big categories and think everyone in those groups is the same—especially when the group is different from their own.
They see more variation withing their own group
Out-group
the group that you dont belong too