Gender - module 11

Question 1

gender vs sex

Answer 1

gender- practicing roles, different in cultures
sex- assigned at birth

Question 2

sexual dimorphism

Answer 2

The phenotypic, expressed physical differences between males and females of the same species

Question 3

primary sex characteristics

Answer 3

genitalia(penis, vagina, sperm, egg)

Question 4

secondary sex characteristics

Answer 4

height, weight hair(men can grow beards)

Question 5

multiple genders

Answer 5

Gender Spectrum: A non-dual view of gender beyond male and female

Question 6

hijra in India

Answer 6

transgender individuals perform at weddings and birth celebrations; yet they also face much discrimination. Many are born as male and cross over to female.

Question 7

Bugis 5 genders

Answer 7

• ethnic group in indonesia
• 5 genders
  -born as men live as women vice versa

Question 8

Native American two-spirits

Answer 8

“Two Spirits” in Native North America
Historically many tribes have a 4 gender model masculine men, feminine men masculine women feminine women. often had ritual roles, berdache was outsider term, since colonialism face discrimination.

Question 9

transgender

Answer 9

a gender identity or performance that does not fit with cultural norms related to one’s sex at birth: people whose gender identity and expression do noy correspond with the biological sex category they were assigned at birth. Culturally defined about 1.4 million people identify as transgender in US

Question 10

intersex

Answer 10

biologically indeterminated; an individual who is born with a combination of male and female genitalia, gonads (testes/ovaries) and/ or chromosomes.

Question 11

cis-gender

Answer 11

gender identity that aligns with the sex assigned at birth.

Question 12

gender stratification

Answer 12

an unequal distribution of power and access to a groups resources opportunities right and privileges based on gender

Question 13

gender ideologies

Answer 13

Gender stratification develops out of stereotypes and ideologies not out of biology.

Question 14

gender socialization

Answer 14

-Through everyday activities and interactions that enculturate individuals to gender roles which through their repeated successful enactment are internalized and biome automatic and come to seem natural (T-ball ex, toys, marketing to kids, etc),

Question 15

gender discrimination

Answer 15

When someone is treated differently because of their gender.

Question 16

gender violence

Answer 16

Hate crimes and people who dont fit into standard gender norms are subject to violence

Question 17

gender performance

Answer 17

Gender is an identity that is actively expressed aka performed. (West and zimmerman)

Question 18

gender& work

Answer 18

Jobs can characterized as feminine or masculine. Ex: men being pushed in to STEM than women. Stereotype that men are good at science and math and women are good at history and english.

Question 19

Weiner

Answer 19

Rethought malonowski work in trobriand island from the female perspective. Conclusions were different.

Question 20

Landers & Fine

Answer 20

Gender roles learned early on. Study of boys and girls playing tball. Boys were given feedback of reinforcement, correction and encourage competition while girls were hardly corrected and were praised for trying.

Question 21

West & Zimmerman

Answer 21

doing gender through behavior speech dress- gender is not fixed but an identity that is expressed/ performed

Question 22

Butler

Answer 22

gender is the effect of reiterated acting performativity (through action and reinforcement that’s how it gets solidified, hard for people to not do their actions, expectation, people going against the norm, women taking leadership are bossy- she’s going against her expectation)