Sex and gender Flashcards
Sex and gender
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Sex Gender Gender identity disorder Sex-role stereotypes Case study: the batista boys Sex role stereotyping study
Sex
└the biological differences between males and females
└e.g. chromosomes, hormones, anatomy
└innate, result of nature
Gender
└the psychological and cultural differences between males and females
└e.g. attitudes, behaviours, social roles
└result of nurture
Gender identity disorder
biological sex and gender identity do not correspond
Sex-role stereotypes
a set of beliefs and preconceived ideas about what is expected or appropriate for males and females in a given society
└may be reinforced by parents, peers, media, schools
└may lead to sexist assumptions
Case study: the batista boys
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Julianne Imperato-Mcginley et al (1974)
Case study: the batista boys
Julianne Imperato-Mcginley et al (1974)
└studied family in Dominican Republic
└4 children identified as girls at birth, raised as girls
└at puberty, changed into males- developed normal sized penises
└rare genetic disorder, male genitalia not external
└due to no introduction of dihydrotestosterone during prenatal development
└at puberty, dihydrotestosterone released= true biological sex revealed
└boys changed gender identity with very few issues
└=suggests gender identity is flexible not fixed
Sex role stereotyping study
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Madhura Ingalhalikar et al (2014)
Sex role stereotyping study
Madhura Ingalhalikar et al (2014)
└scanned 949 brains of young men and women
└diffusion MRI to map connections between different parts of the brain
└women: better connections between left and right hemispheres
└men: more intense activity within brains individual parts
└e.g. cerebellum (motor skills)
└suggests female brain copes better with several tasks at once
└male brain focuses on one single complex task
