Gender and Health Flashcards
1
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What are the 4 social sciences explaining gender?
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- nature or nurture (how individual sex differences originate)
- social structure (creates gendered behaviour)
- social interaction and accountability to other’s expectations (doing gender creates inequality)
- gender performed in every social interaction (gender socially constructed)
2
Q
How is gender socially constructed?
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- institution and socially constructed
- justifies sexual stratification
- purpose of gender is to construct women as a group to be subordinate to men
3
Q
What is biological sex?
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- used to assign gender at birth
- according to biological and physical anatomy
4
Q
What is gender identity?
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- refers to a person’s innate felt sense of being male or female
- or both/neither
5
Q
What is gender expression?
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- external
- based on individual and societal expectations and conceptions
- clothing, body language, mannerisms, how we speak, how we play
- depends on context
6
Q
What is sexual orientation?
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- romantic or sexual attraction to people of a specific gender
7
Q
What is gender variance/gender non-conformity?
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- behaviours and interests which fit outside what is normal for a child or adult’s assign biological sex
8
Q
What is gender dysphoria?
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- person experiences discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity
9
Q
Define transgender
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- gender identity does not match assigned birth sex
- does not imply any specific sexual orientation
10
Q
Define gender fluidity
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- conveys wider, more flexible range of gender expressions
- do not feel confined to a certain gender
11
Q
Define genderqueer
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- growing in usage
- blurring of lines surrounding societies rigid views of gender
- embrace fluidity of gender expression
- may not identify as male or female but as both/neither/blend
12
Q
What is the gendering of physical activity?
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- boys more active than girls
- 8-10 year olds clear difference
13
Q
What is the difference in gender impact on morbidity and mortality?
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- men higher levels of mortality
- women higher levels of morbidity
- women live longer in poor health than men
14
Q
What are the highest causes of mortality of females vs. males?
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Females - dementia
Males - heart disease
15
Q
What is cisgender?
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- people whose gender identity matches the gender assigned at birth
