SEXUAL ASPECT OF SELF Flashcards
Self and its aspect develops as a result of interaction with others
Interactionist Perspective
Self is also shaped/molded by the diff forms of self-description and self-judgement that we use as a result of our social interactions
Interactionist Perspective
Self is also shaped/molded by the diff forms of self-description and self-judgement that we use as a result of our social interactions
Interactionist Perspective
Self is also shaped/molded by the diff forms of self-description and self-judgement that we use as a result of our
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Foundations of the Development of ____ Inextricably (totally) tied to bodily changes during puberty
Sexual Self-Concept
The development of the adolescent brain
The development of primary sex characteristics
The development of secondary sex characteristics
3 bodily changes during puberty
According to _ and _ Sexual identity is also constructed
Ganon and Simon (1974)
In construction of sexual identity having a ___ happens first
gendered self
Children can’t become sexual selves without being able to understand the kind of language through which acts, feelings, and relationships become sexually meaningful.
“Gendered Individual” (CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL IDENTITY)
depends on having the ability to make sense of the self as sexual
Sexual selfhood
Children first understand themselves as ___ bec that’s how everyone treats them
GENDERED
Baby’s genitals = sign of sex
Baby is reduced to its sex ( boy or girl)
Girling the girl; Boying the boy
3 Social Processes of Social Categorization in Relation to Gender
Self is formed through _ terms ?
gendered terms
Child comes to understand itself as
gendered
Child comes to understand that it interacts with gendered _
gendered others
Child learns to locate itself within a gendered ___
gendered social field
process of _ doesn’t necessarily differ for the boys and girls
Process of self-formation
They simply differently gendered selves by participating gendered social interaction
Process of self-formation
variable (no single way of being girl/boy)
Gendered selfhood
Understanding gender diff helps us to navigate a gendered _
GENDERED SOCIAL WORLD
Growing into adulthood, sexuality becomes braided into ____ and becomes closely intertwined with ____
SELF, GENDER
We do not become sexual all at once, Our concept of a _ comes from other people around us (adults)
sexual self
We ___ things from their social environment that’s potential sexual relevance (facilitated by language)
assimilate (adapt)
social environment =
potential sexual relevance (facilitated by language)
Sense of their own bodies (according to what adults say)
ALLOWED
Conventions of morality, modesty and decorum (decency)
ALLOWED
Erotic components of sexual scripts
WITHHELD
We acquire common sense knowledge about the institution of heterosexuality before they become aware of sexual activities these entails
ALLOWED
We acquire ___ about the institution of heterosexuality before they become aware of sexual activities these entails
COMMON SENSE OF KNOWLEDGE
Homosexuality is treated as taboo
WITHHELD
Homosexuality is treated as ____
TABOO
As a result: ___ becomes the privileged norm (in most cultures).
HETEROSEXUALITY
are not called upon to account for their sexuality
STRAIGHT PEOPLE (HETEROSEXUAL)
don’t have the same negative experiences as homosexuals
STRAIGHT PEOPLE (HETEROSEXUAL)
Those who have ___ are often targets of strongly held negative attitudes
NON-NORMATIVE SEXUALITY
___ and ____ is a universal experience (normalized) for other sexuality/gender
VERBAL HARASSMENT, ABUSE
Discrimination extends well into
ADULTHOOD
Human Sexuality is ____; it is a continuum rather than dichotomous (divided into 2) (APA, 2008)
FLUID
Piece it together (Allowed+Withheld) and develop a provisional (subject to change) picture of sexual world
Development of Sexual Self-Concept
Piece it together _ and develop a provisional (subject to change) picture of sexual world
(Allowed+Withheld)
New knowledge and experience is made sense of in relation to past knowledge and experience (reinterpretation)
Development of Sexual Self-Concept
___and ___ is made sense of in relation to past knowledge and experience (reinterpretation)
New knowledge,Experience
We modify what we know of ourselves
The reason why our identity (and its aspects) change
REINTERPRETATION
why we develop “story” of our continuous self (has past, present and future)
REINTERPRETATION
why we develop “story” of our continuous self has ___, ___, ___
past, present and future
story that we tell about our continuous self
identity
