Sex and Gender Flashcards
It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.
Emma Watson
A gender-equal society would be on where the word gender does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.
Gloria Steinem
Father of Human Sexuality Research
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956)
Sexual knowledge was the product of guesswork and had never really been studied systematically or in an unbiased way.
Alfred Kinsey
The way in which we experience and express ourselves as sexual beings.
Human Sexuality
It relates to biological differences.
Sex
Chemical substances secreted by glands throughout the boyd.
Hormones
A long thin structure containing genes.
Chromosomes
Characteristics and roles of women and men are socially constructed
Gender
Gender affects all parts of our lives on what aspect?
Politically
Economically
Socially
The nature and extent of gender:
Disparity
Discrimination
Disadvantage
person’s deep felt inherent sense of being a boy, a man, male, etc
Gender Identity
Continuation of the gender status, consisting of other achieved statuses that are associated with a particular gender status.
Gender Role
Extent to which a person’s gender identity, role, or expressions differs from the cultural norms prescribed for people of a particular sex.
Gender Diversity
A conflict between a person’s physical or assigned gender & the gender with which he/she/ they identify.
Gender Dysphoria