Sexualities and Gender

Question 1

_________________ refers to a person’s sense of belonging to a particular gender, which may be male, female, or something else.

Answer 1

Gender Identity

Question 2

________________ refers to people whose gender identity does not match their assigned sex at birth.

Answer 2

Transgender

Question 3

A person’s ___________ depends mainly on one’s genetic make up, specifically whether the sex is XX (indicating female) or XY (indicating male).

Answer 3

Sex

Question 4

Sex chromosomes other than XX or XY are sometimes associated with people who do not fit conventional male or female sex categories. These people are referred to as _____________.

Answer 4

Intersex

Question 5

___________ refers to the socially constructed expectations associated with a given sex category.

Answer 5

Gender

Question 6

_______________ refers to the categorization of people as exclusively either male or female.

Answer 6

Gender Binary

Question 7

____________________ in Ojibwa culture are those who incorporate both masculine and feminine qualities and attributes.

Answer 7

Two Spirited People

Question 8

_________________ is the belief that sexual activity between people of the ‘opposite’ sex is the natural expression of sexuality.

Answer 8

Heteronormativity

Question 9

___________________ is informed by the gender binary and argues that gender is inherent in biological make up and that society must adhere to the biological template if it is to operate smoothly.

Answer 9

Functionalist Perspective

Question 10

___________________ believes gender is constructed by social influences and may be altered to benefit society’s members.

Answer 10

Conflict, Feminist, & Symbolic Interactionism

Question 11

__________________ are the behaviours that conform to widely shared expectations about how members of a particular sexual category are supposed to act.

Answer 11

Gender Roles

Question 12

_____________ and _____________ theories criticize Essentialism

Answer 12

Conflict and feminist

Question 13

__________________ believe in the social processes that sustain what only seems to be natural or innate features of social life – like gender.

Answer 13

Social Constructionists

Question 14

_____________________ study of people attach meaning to the things that make up everyday life, including what it means to be a man or a woman.

Answer 14

Symbolic Interactionists

Question 15

__________________ is the unequal treatment of men and women in the workplace.

Answer 15

Sex Discrimination

Question 16

____________________ refers to the tendency for women who become mothers to experience a drop in earnings.

Answer 16

The Motherhood Penalty