sex and gender Flashcards

1
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refers to the biology of being male, female, or intersex

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sex

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2
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refers to behavioral psychological and social characteristics of being male or female

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gender

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3
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XXY- egg contained an extra X

1/700 live male births

develops male genitalia but not fully

tall feminized body

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klinefelter’s syndrome XXY

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4
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xx girl exposed to excess androgen from adrenal glands prenatally

sometimes ambiguous external genitalia

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congenital adrenal hyperplasia CAH

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5
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xy- the body doesnt respond to testosterone that is produced by the testes

1/20,000 boys

no internal reproductive structure except two undescended

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androgen - insensitivity syndrome AIS

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6
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a culturally defined set of attitudes behaviors and expectations that people with a certain gender are expected to enact

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gender roles

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7
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gender specific behaviors that may be biologically determined or innate

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gender traits

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8
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how people acquire gender roles and gender identity

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gender typing

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9
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how people acquire gender roles and gender identity

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gender typing

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10
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an umbrella term

denotes people whose behaviors lie outside the purview of typical gender identity and or expression

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transgenderism

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11
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the sex and or genders that a person is attracted to emotionally physically romantically and sexually

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sexual orientation

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12
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this term usually refers to a person who identifies as a gneder identity (man, woman) different than the one they were assigned at birth

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transgender

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13
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7 point scale from exlusively

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kinsey continuum category number

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