Gender Flashcards
the external organs that are associated with reproduction (the ability to create offspring
Genitals
protein structures that contain your genetic materials
Chromosomes
chemicals in our body that are responsible for sustaining bodily processes
Hormones
The social dimension of one’s sexuality
Gender
is the phenomenon of determining the normality of a behavior based on whether it conforms or not to the expectations relative to one’s biological sex.
Heteronormativity
The first woman in history to wear trousers
Elizabeth smith miller
became the first First Lady to appear in trousers at a formal function
Eleanor Roosevelt
first times an American actress wore pants on screen
Katherine hepburn
First ballet man
Norman dixon
is defined as the process of learning and internalizing culturally approved ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
Gender role socialization
involves various institutions dictating what is proper and normal based on one’s identity
External regulation
causes a person to police himself or herself according to society’s standards and norms.
Internalized social control
is about your sexual feelings, thoughts, attractions and behaviours towards other people
Sexuality
FOUR INTERTWINING STRAND OF SEXUALITY
Sexual Desire or Attraction – to whom someone is attracted to
Sexual Activity or Behavior – what a person does or likes to do sexually
Sexual Identity – how someone describes their sense of self as a sexual being (hetero, homo, bisexual)
Sexual Experiences – observations of other’s sexualities; education or training related to sexuality; experiences that may not have been consensual.
An aspect of our gender pertains to our emotional and sexual attraction to a person
Sexual orientation
is our sense of who we are: Do we see and experience ourselves as a man, a woman, or neither.
Gender identity
may always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders (man and woman)
Gender fluid
A way in which a person expresses gender identity, typically through their appearance, dress and behavior
Gender expression
blueprints and guidelines for what we define our role in sexual expression, sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, sexual desires, and the sexual component of our self-definition.
Sexual scripts
sacredness of the women due to her ability to conceive children
Devine feminine
men and women have equitable power and roles).
Egalitarian
fatherhood / role of the father in conception
Paternity
a system based on the control and oppression of women because they are perceived as the weaker sex.
Patriarchy