List A (Gender)

Question 1

What is gender?

Answer 1

“The non-physiological aspects of being male or female - the cultural expectations for femininity and masculinity” (Lips, 2008, p5).

Question 2

What are the expected behaviours of gender?

Answer 2

Abilities, preferences, self-concept, personality, behaviours, values/attitudes, stereotypes, roles.

Question 3

What is sex?

Answer 3

The biological classification as either male or female - relates to anatomical differences.

Question 4

What are the 5 measures of biological sex?

Answer 4

1. Genetic/chromosomal sex (XX or XY)
2. Gonadal sex - sex organs which secrete hormones (ovaries or testes)
3. Hormonal sex (androgens it oestrogen’s)
4. External genital sex ( penis, scrotum or outer vagina)
5. Internal genital sex (prostate, sperm ducts, seminal ves., testes or ovaries, fallopian tube, womb)

Question 5

What is a gender stereotype?

Answer 5

Widely held beliefs or assumptions about male and female abilities, personality, traits, and social behaviours (culturally constructed).

Question 6

What is a gender role?

Answer 6

Behaviours that a particular society considers appropriate for males and females.

Question 7

What is gender identity?

Answer 7

Refers to one’s sense of oneself as male, female, or something else (American Psychological Association, 2006).