LESSON 4 Flashcards
It is the process through which children learn about the social expectations, attitudes and behaviors typically associated with boys and girls.
Gender Socialization
What are the 6 types of Gender?
• Sexual Orientation
• Gender Identity
• Gender Expression
• Transgender
• Gender Transition
• Gender Dysphoria
It is an inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people.
Sexual Orientation
Note: an individual’s _________ is independent of their gender identity.
Sexual Orientation
It is the one’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves.
Gender Identity
One’s _______ can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth..
Gender Identity
It is the external appearance of one’s gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine.
Gender Expression
It is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth.
Transgender
Being _____ does not imply any specific sexual orientation.
Transgender
Therefore, _____ people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc.
Transgender
The process by which some people strive to more closely align their internal knowledge of gender with its outward appearance.
Gender Transition
Some people _____ _____, whereby they might begin dressing, using names and pronouns and/or be socially recognized as another gender.
socially transition
Others undergo _______ in which they modify their bodies through medical interventions.
Physical transition
Clinically significant distress caused when a person’s assigned birth gender is not the same as the one with which they identify.
Gender Dysphoria
It emphasizes environmental conditions and the influence of socialization, or the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to group members, in learning how to behave as a male or female.
Gender role theory