Gender, Sex and Sexuality Flashcards
Biological Determinism:
The belief that men and women behave differently due to inherit sex differences related to their biology.
Doing Gender:
The performance of tasks based upon the gender assigned to us by society and, in turn, ourselves.
Defense Of Marriage Act:
DOMA, a 1996 U.S. law explicitly limiting the definition of marriage to a union between one man and one woman and allowing each individual state to recognize or deny same-sex marriages performed in other states.
Double Standard:
The concept that prohibits premarital sexual intercourse for women but allows it for men.
Gender:
A term that refers to social or cultural distinctions of behaviors that are considered male or female.
Gender Dysphoria:
A condition listed in the DSM-5 in which people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with. This condition replaces gender identity disorder.
Gender Identity:
A person’s deeply held internal perception of his or her gender.
Gender Role:
Society’s concept of how men and women should behave.
Heterosexism:
An ideology and set of institutional practices that privilege heterosexuals and heterosexuality over other sexual orientations.
Homophobia:
An extreme or irrational aversion to homosexuals.
Queer Theory:
An interdisciplinary approach to sexuality studies that identities Western society’s rigid splitting of gender into male and female roles and questions its appropriateness.
Sex:
A term that denotes the presence of physical or physiological differences between males and females.
Sexism:
The prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another.
Sexual Orientation:
A person’s physical, mental, emotional, and sexual attraction to a particular sex.
Sexuality:
A person’s capacity for sexual feelings.
