Gender Flashcards
What is gender
Persons sense of and expression of maleness or femaleness
What was Bems theory of gender1974
That high and low of female and male make up gender with high in both being androgynous and low in both being indifferentiated, outdated view
How many gander categories were identified on facebook
Telegraph reported that 71 genders were identified
What did Witt 97 say about androgens
Androgynous gender roles open up mire opportunities in society
What is Kohlbergs 66 and Bee 98 development of gender theory
Gender labelling at 1-3, stability 3-4, and constituency 5-6, descriptive theory , does not tell us why they change
What biological changes occur in male/female
Puberty, men have more testosterone and women have more oestrogen for menstruation until menopause
What is dysphoria
Identity conflict, cross dressing, trans, hormones, conflicted norms , Mc Manus 1999
What does social learning theory add to the debate
Bandura SLT that children learn by imitation and reinforcement
What did Newman 06 say about gender
We do not know how much of our personality is under biological control as opposed to social/cultural
What is the gender schema theory, Bem 81
Cog development and social cultural norms are combined in the schemas that make sense of the world.
What is the psychoanalytic idea of gender
Oedipal complex, inner conflict
