Me 3.3a Gender and Sexual Orientation: Gender Development

Question 1

sex

Answer 1

biological status defined by your chromosomes and anatomy.

Male or female

Question 2

Relational aggression

Answer 2

an act of aggression intended to harm a person’s relationship or social standing. (committed more by females

Question 2

gender

Answer 2

the socially influenced characteristics by which people define boy, girl, man, and woman.

Question 2

Intersex

Answer 2

individuals born with unusual combinations of male and female chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy.

Question 3

male answer syndrome

Answer 3

describes a subject’s exaggerated willingness to answer (or inability to resist the impulse to answer) factual questions regardless of the subject’s lack of knowledge of the relevant phenomena or circumstances.

Question 3

mansplaining

Answer 3

explanation of something by a man, typically to a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronising.

Question 4

testosterone

Answer 4

the most important male sex hormone. Males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs during the fetal period, and the development of male sex characteristics during puberty:

Question 5

estrogens

Answer 5

sex hormones, such as estradiol, that contribute to female sex characteristics and are secreted in greater amounts by females than by males.

Question 6

Primary sex characteristics

Answer 6

the body structures (ovaries, testes, etc.) that make reproduction possible.

Question 7

spermarche

Answer 7

the first ejaculation for a male around age 14

Question 7

Secondary sex characteristics

Answer 7

non-reproductive sexual traits → side effects of puberty (breast growth, widening of hips, deepening of voice, body hair, etc.)

Question 8

menarche

Answer 8

the first menstrual period for a female around age 12 and a half

Question 9

Klinefelter syndrome

Answer 9

a genetic male may be born with two or more X chromosomes as well as a Y chromosome

Question 10

Turner syndrome

Answer 10

Genetic females born with only one normal X chromosome

Question 11

gender-affirming surgery

Answer 11

the surgical procedure(s) by which a transgender or non-binary person’s physical appearance and functional abilities are changed to align with the gender they know themselves to be.

Question 12

role

Answer 12

a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave.

Question 13

gender role

Answer 13

a set of expected behaviours, attitudes, and traits for men and for women. (What others think)

Question 14

sexual aggression

Answer 14

any physical or verbal behaviour of a sexual nature that is unwanted or intended to harm someone physically or emotionally.

Question 14

gender identity

Answer 14

our personal sense of being male, female, neither, or some combination of male and female, regardless of whether this identity matches
our sex assigned at birth, and the social affiliation that may result from this identity. (What we think)

Question 14

social learning theory

Answer 14

the theory that we learn social behaviour by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished.

Question 15

gender typing

Answer 15

the process by which a child attributes himself or herself to a certain gender through adopting stereotypical behaviours of that gender

Question 16

androgyny

Answer 16

a type of gender presentation that mixes masculinity and femininity

Question 17

sexual orientation

Answer 17

who you’re attracted to and want to have relationships with. Sexual orientations include gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, and asexual.