Gender Development - Lecture 1

Question 1

What is a gender role?

What are common gender roles for girls and boys?

Answer 1

societal expectations of gendered
behaviour/thought/traits

boys: aggressive, competitive, assertion, risky, indepednent, athletic

girls: affectionate, gentle, loves children, compassionate, understanding

Question 2

Do all cultures have expectations based on gender?

Answer 2

Virtually all cultures have
expectations based on
gender!

Question 3

What is the terminology for gender?

What is sex assigned at birth?

What is gender/gender identity?

what is gender expression?

what is sexual orientation?

Answer 3

• Sex assigned at birth: based on
  objectively measurable biological
  organs, hormones, chromosomes (male, female, intersex, etc.)
• Gender/gender identity: a
  person’s sense of self as gendered
  (man, woman, genderqueer, non-
  binary, etc.)
• Gender expression: how a person
  demonstrates their gender
  (feminine, masculine, etc.)
• Sexual orientation: who a person is

Question 4

is gender binary?

Answer 4

no