M8: Sex and Gender Flashcards
What is Sex?
What is Gender?
What is Cis-gender?
Your “sense of yourself as a woman, a man, both, in between or neither. Only you can determine your gender identity” (HealthLink BC)
umbrella term for all people whose gender
identity aligns with the sex assigned at birth
What is Trans-gender?
Your “sense of yourself as a woman, a man, both, in between or neither. Only you can determine your gender identity” (HealthLink BC)
umbrella term for all people whose gender
identity and the sex assigned at birth do not align
What are the Implications for Health of Sex and Gender?
- Assumptions that sex will align with gender seriously limits access to certain services and treatments.
- Access to quality care with dignity is a significant concern for people who are trans*
What is Gender Expression?
What are its implications on Health?
What is Hegemonic Femininity and Masculinity?
Refer to the qualities conventionally deemed ‘manly’ or ‘womanly’
“Hegemonic” = ruling/dominant in a political and social context;
the dominance of one group/set of ideas over another, often
supported by socially constructed norms and ideas legitimated over time – power
Qualities that a man or woman is believed to have or should have in order to be perceived as a man or woman (in any given society)
What are some hegemonic characteristics and body ideals?
What is Sexual Orientation?
Pattern of emotional, romantic or sexual attraction
- may include attraction to the same gender (homosexual), a gender different than your own (heterosexual), both men and women (bisexual), all genders (pansexual), or neither (asexual)
- ‘queer’: embracing the idea of being out of mainstream
orientations
What is LGBTQQIP2SA: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Pansexual, Two-Spirited, and Asexual
‘Two-Spirited’: having both a masculine and feminine spirit –
term used by some Indigenous people to describe their
spiritual, sexual and/or gender identity
Another word for mentally disabled
How does Heteronormativity & Heterosexism play a role in Health Care?
Access to health/health care shaped and constrained by Heteronormativity & Heterosexism
Heteronormativity: The assumption that heterosexuality is the only normal and natural expression of sexuality; assumed to be superior to other sexual orientations.
Heterosexism: A system of attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favour of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships. This may be the assumption that everyone is or should be heterosexual.
Manifestations in health care:
- questions asked based on assumptions;
- nonverbal cues (e.g., conveying intolerance, discomfort);
- overt discrimination and denying patient care
- providing inappropriate resources/information
Leading Cause of Death in Canada 2022
Motor Vehicle Deaths
How are Sex, Gender and Health related?
A multitude of ways individuals will experience health differently based on their sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, and gender identity.
There is also a sex and gender-based pattern to health and illness
- Life expectancy differences
- Chronic illness/disability differences
- Accidents, suicide, and injuries
How are Sex, Gender and Health related?
(in research)
People often attribute the differences in men and women’s health outcomes to biological sex difference
- Women used to have a greater likelihood of mortality from heart attack and stroke.
Medical/health research has traditionally excluded women and only been conducted on men
- Recent research indicated that women show different symptoms for heart attack and stroke and therefore have not received proper treatment.
Health Behaviours by Gender
Suicide rates
Heavy Driking in Canada
