FINAL Flashcards
The masculinity- femininity dimension of our basic nature as humans.
Gender
The sex individuals perceive themselves to be.
Gender identity
What society thinks men and women should do
Gender Role
Cerebral cortex is _____ in females than in males.
Thinner
The corpus callosum is ______ in females than in males.
Thicker
Born with sexual anatomy that is neither completely male nor completely female but rather a combination with features of both
Intersex
A female genetic condition characterized by short stature, slow or no sexual development at puberty, heart abnormalities, and lack of ovarian function.
Turner’s Syndrome (XO)
A male genetic condition characterized by a rounded body type, lack of facial hair, breast enlargement in puberty and smaller than normal testicles.
Klinefelter’s Syndrome (XXY)
Genetically male, one X, one Y chromosome. Bodies are unable to respond to androgen, mostly female sex characteristics or signs of both. They will identify almost always with female.
Androgen insensitivity syndrome
46, XX, ovaries, normal female, ambiguous external genitalia at birth (more male than female) fertile, secondary sex characteristics are normal female, identify as female, but not satisfied and orient towards male activities
Fetally androgenized females
46, XY, undescended testes until puberty, vas deferens, seminal vesicles and ejaculatory ducts, but no prostate, with partially formed vagina, ambiguous external genitalia at birth (more female than male) sterile, female before puberty, masculinize at puberty- male gender role will be assumed at puberty.
DHT- deficient males
What is the one condition where females are fertile?
Fetally androgenized females
Don’ have a chromosomal difference but they do not feel as if they match the body they are in
Transgender
Little boy or little girl say verbally they do not want what they have, etc.
Gender Identity Disorder
Dislike for the body you are in
Gender Dysphoria
Going to go through the surgical procedure
Transsexual
By what age, do you have a firm gender identity?
Age 3
Where was there a riot between drag queens and the police because the drag queens did not feel as if they were getting their rights?
Compton’s Cafeteria. “Screeming Queens”
The riots are the very beginning of the gay rights movement at Stonewall bar
Stonewall Riots
romantic, physical, emotional attraction that you have for another person
Sexual orientation
The view that everyone is straight
Heterocentric
____ are more likely to fall at the extremes of the Kinsey’s 7-point continuum
Men
Known from day one they are bisexual
Real
Move into a community, all girl or all boy, so switch to these tendencies
Transitory
While an individual is living in a same sex situation will engage in sexual behaviors with people of the same sex
Situational bisexuality
They change from one orientation to the other
Transitional
Denying that they are gay or lesbian and just labeling themself bisexual to be more acceptable in society
Denial of gayness
Study: Hypothalamus was _____ in those who identified as straight
Smaller