Gender

Question 1

Gender Identity deals with what three main factors?

Answer 1

Psychological, social and cultural factors

Question 2

Who is recognized as one of the key originators of queer theory?

What ideology and type of theorist was she?

Answer 2

Teresa de Lauretis

She was an Italian-American feminist and film theorist.

Question 3

What is Queer Theory?

Answer 3

Queer Theory is a framework that questions gender and sexuality norms. It views them culturally. It challenges defaults like heterosexuality.

Question 4

When did Queer Theory emerge?

Answer 4

Queer Theory emerged in the 1990s.

Question 5

What is gender?

Answer 5

Gender is the state of being male or female.

Question 6

What is gender?

Answer 6

“Gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, and psychological characteristics that are socially constructed to express femininity (associated with females) and masculinity (associated with males).”

• Deana F. Morrow, Lori Messinger