Gender Disorders

Question 1

What is the difference between gender identity and gender role?

Answer 1

Gender identity- the psychological sense of ones gender

Gender role- the outward expression of ones gender

Question 2

What is meant by being cis-gender?

Answer 2

Gender identity is consistent with that assigned at birth.

Question 3

What is Gender Dysphoria?

Answer 3

Unease arising from gender incongruence

Question 4

What is meant by intersex?

Answer 4

Where an individual is not clearly defined by the external appearances of the anatomy.

Question 5

Identify the three terms collected together under the umbrella term ‘Transgender.’

Answer 5

Gender incongruence, non-binary, agender

Question 6

Define Gender Incongruence

Answer 6

Characterised by a marked and persistent incongruence between an individual´s experienced gender and the assigned sex, which often leads to a desire to ‘transition’,