Gender Flashcards
Chapter 13
Do sex/gender differences in verbal, mathematical and spatial skills differ greatly between men and women?
Not greatly, accounts for 1-6% of variance
What area of the brain may differ between males and females?
The preoptic area of the hypothalamus
What are two differences between masturbation of men and women?
- Men masturbate more often - Men masturbase younger
Erotica is more arousing to men or women?
Most arousing to both men and women
Female-initiated sex is most arousing to men or women?
Both men and women
Which sex has more consistent orgasms?
Men
What are some possible explanations for sexual differences between men and women?
Biological - Testosterone - AnatomyCultural - Historical restriction on female sexuality - Double standards - Traditional sexual scripts - Marital and family roles and responsibilitiesOther - Fear of pregnancy - Ineffective techniques for female stimulation - Discrepancies in sexual learning
When does sex (gender) assignment take place?
At birth, reflective of anatomical sex
What is Dominican Republic Syndrome?
A genetic enzyme disorder that prevents testosterone from masculinizing the external gentials. Boys resembled females and are raised as such. At puberty, secondary sex characteristics developed.
What is criticism of gender-identiry disorder (GID)?
- Pathologizes transgendered persons - Cross gender behaviour is an unproblematic variation, not a mental disorder
What does the American Psychiatric Association call transsexualism (transgenderism)?
Sexual-identity disorder
What transition is most successful for transgendered people?
female to male seem to have an easier time adjusting
What is gender dysphoria?
Incongruity between one’s anatomy and gender identiy
What are two categories for men who want to become women?
- Homosexual transsexual (extremely feminine men who want more than homosexual relations) - Autogynephilic (men who are sexually stimulated by fantasies that their bodies are female)
What is surgical creation of an artificial penis called?
Phalloplasty
Are most post-op reports for gender reassignment positive?
yes
What is the third sex (gender)?
People who are not men not women. Eg. the two-spirits of North America
What are five components of the traditional sexual script?
- Men are oversexed and women are undersexed
- Sexual experience enhances men’s rep and decreases women’s
- Men are expected to be sexperts
- Men are supposed to initiate
- Women are expected to place limits on sexual activity
Most Native Americans have a word for a third and/or fourth gender. True or false?
True
How long does someone have to live as their chosen gender before being able to get sex reassignment?
1 or two years
Why is sex reassignment surgery preferrably done before puberty?
The treatment will be more effective and puberty can be delayed for three to four years and the treatment is reverible.
Is it true that many kids who are diagnosed with GID don’t grow out of it?
No, not true, many do not persist with identifying with the opposite sex
What are two meaning for the term transgenderism?
- A synonym for transexualism
- The activist movement seeking rights and pride for transgendered individuals
Is a vaginoplasty or a phalloplasty normally more successful? Which transition (eg’ MtF) is more successful?
Vaginoplasty more successful, but female to male transition usually more successful as cross-dressing women are more accepted
What are three examples of the third sex (neither man nor woman)?
- The ladyboys of Thailand
- The two-spirits of North America
- The Hijras of south-central asia
