Lesson 5- Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

Question 1

Sex

Answer 1

Socially constructed category based on the biological distinction between male, female, and intersex individuals.

Question 2

Intersex

Answer 2

A sex category that includes individuals who are born with male and female sex characteristics.

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

A socially constructed category based on personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to established sex categories.

Question 4

Gender Identity

Answer 4

How a person feels internally regarding their gender.

Question 5

Gender Dysphoria

Answer 5

Being discontent with the physical or social aspects of one’s sex.

Question 6

Gender Euphoria

Answer 6

Being content with the physical or social aspects of one’s sex.

Question 7

Gender Presentation

Answer 7

Describes a person’s external displays of gender.

Question 8

Gender Socialization

Answer 8

A process by which people learn and internalize gender identity and forms of gender presentation.

Question 9

Gender Discrimination

Answer 9

Any form of unequal and unjust treatment of individuals based on gender identity and/or expression.

Question 10

Sexual Orientation

Answer 10

A person’s enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to members of the same or other gender.

Question 11

Coming Out

Answer 11

A lifelong process of self-acceptance wherein a person accepts their own identity and/or reveals their identity to others.