Gender and Heart Disease Flashcards
1
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Define ‘sex’
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Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women
2
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Define ‘gender’
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- Socially constructed roles, behaviour, activities and attributes and given society considers appropriate for males and females
- Reflect social norms
- Social meaning we impose upon sex, what we learn
3
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Define mortality
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Risk of death
- In heart disease biologically men have more fat surrounding organs- higher risk
- Socially- males have a lifestyle more inclined to smoking/substance use- less likely to seek help
4
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Define morbidity
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- Level of health and well-being
- Higher in women than men in the past
5
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What does intersex mean?
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- General term for variety of conditions in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit typical ‘male’ and female’ definitions
- Or ‘in-between’ genitals
6
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What does gender identity mean?
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- One’s internal, deeply held sense of one’s gender
7
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What is meant by non-binary?
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- Gender identity does not fit neatly into one of those two choices
8
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What does transgender mean?
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- Umbrella for those whose gender identity differs from assigned sex
- May describe themselves using one or more of a variety of terms
- Many prescribed hormones by doctors to change bodies, some may undergo surgery
- Not dependent on medical procedures
9
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What is meant by sexual orientation
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- Person’s sexual identity in relation to gender/ genders to which they are attracted to (e.g. lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual)
10
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How is heart disease different for men and women?
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- Past- women higher morbidity rates than men
- Rates vary in each country
- Leading cause of death for both
11
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Why is women’s risk of heart disease underestimated?
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- Gender bias
- Epistemology- male predominant knowledge can bias knowledge
- Research can exclude women
- Gender data gap
- Symptom difference
- Diagnosis is different for women
