Gender Flashcards
Gender Identity Transgender and Non-binary Gender Identities Gender Roles and Sexual Behaviour Gender Roles and Stereotypes
Sex
Assigned Sex
Sex as Activity
Assigned Sex
Determined by a doctor at birth based on chromosomes, hormonal profiles, and genitals.
Male - Intersex - Female
Sex as Activity
Refers to the expression of our desires and attractions in a phyiscal manner by ourselves or with a partner.
Intersex
An umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy.
Born with differences or develope at a young age.
Issue: Sex changes without consent of the child.
Gender
The ways that masculinity and feminiity have been socially constructed and reenforced by the dominant culture through norms, scripts, and sterotypes.
Greater variance within genders than there is between genders.
Gender Identity
How gender is experienced internally.
Transgender - Genderfluid - Nonbinary - Agender - Cisgender
Gender Expression
How gender is expressed externally.
Feminine - Androgynous - Masculine
Transgender
Gender identity and assigned sex are different.
Cisgender
Gender identity and assigned sex are the same.
Attraction
Women - Feminine Queers - Fluid Attraction - Masculine Queers - Men
Heteronormativity
A worldviwe that elevates heterosexuality, the gender binary, and social norms related to heterosexuality as normal or preferred.
Gender Binary
The system in which a scoiety classifies all people into either man or woman, each with associated stereotypes and norms.
Sexual Scripts
Stereotypical narratives that eventually dictate the way that sex is performed.
Sexual scripts limit sexual expression for all genders.
Creation of the sexual double standard.
Ex. Sex starts with an erection and ends with ejaculation.
