LBGTQ Flashcards
1
Q
Who you are attracted to.
A
Sexual Orientation
Examples: Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Asexual
2
Q
How a person identifies.
A
Gender Identity
Has nothing to do with biological sex.
3
Q
Refers to who a person actually has sex with.
A
Sexual Behavior.
4
Q
Male sexual orientation…
A
Appears in early childhood and tends to be one sided.
5
Q
EBE theory seeks to account for 3 major observations:
A
- Most men and women in our culture have an exclusive and enduring erotic preferences for either male or female persons, biological sex is the overriding criterion for most people’s erotic choices
- Most men and women in our culture have an exclusive and enduring erotic preference for opposite-sex persons
- A substantial minority of men and women have an exclusive and enduring erotic preferences for same-sex persons
6
Q
A term used to describe people who’s gender identity differs from their sex.
A
Transgender
7
Q
Term for when you have partial male and female parts?
A
Intersex
8
Q
2 common syndromes of intersex are:
A
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
2. Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)
9
Q
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is?
A
- Genetic female develops ovaries normally as a fetus but later in prenatal development the adrenal glands begin to function abnormally
- Some external genitals are partly or completely male in appearance
- Can potentially be fertile
10
Q
Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome is?
A
- Genetic male produces normal levels of testosterone but the body tissues are insensitive to the testosterone and prenatal development is feminized
- Appear to be females but no uterus
