Gender

Question 1

Sex

Answer 1

Biological status determined by chromosones, hormones and anatomy.

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

The psychosocial and cultural status relating to specific behaviours and social roles within a culture.

Question 3

Gender Identity

Answer 3

An innate sense of one’s own gender, usually associated with masculinity, femininity, androgyny or neither on a spectrum.

Question 4

Sex-role stereotypes

Answer 4

A set of beliefs and ideas about what is expected and appropriate for people based on their sex in a given culture.

Question 5

Gender-role stereotypes

Answer 5

A set of beliefs and ideas about what is expected and appropriate for people based on their gender or perceived gender in a given culture.

Question 6

Gender dysphoria

Answer 6

A sense of distress associated with the mismatch of their sex or perceived gender with their own gender identity.

Question 7

McGinley et al (1974)

Answer 7

Sudies on the Batista family who had four intersex children.