T3 L4 Talking about Gender Flashcards
Define “sex”
A biological construct premised upon biological characteristics enabling sexual reproduction
Biological sex is variously assigned in relation to secondary sex-characteristics, gonads, or sex chromosomes
What are the sexual categories?
- male
- female
- intersexual (persons born with both male and female sexual characteristics)
- transsexual (persons who undergo surgical and/or hormonal interventions to reassign their sex).
Define “gender”
A social construct regarding culture-bound conventions, roles, and behaviours for, as well as relations between and among, women and men and boys and girls
Define “gender roles”
Varies across a continuum and both gender relations and biologic expressions of gender varies within and across societies.
Define “sexism”
Inequitable gender relations and refers to institutional and interpersonal practices whereby members of dominant gender groups accrue privileges by subordinating other gender groups and justify these practices via ideologies of innate superiority, difference, or deviance.
Who is a transgender person?
People who have a gender identity that does not match their sex assigned at birth
What % of transgender youth will attempt suicide before their 20th birthday?
50%
What is gender affirmation?
Having one’s gender identity acknowledged and accepted in social, legal, and other settings
What is trans discrimination associated with?
- increased stress
- anxiety
- depressive symptoms
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- substance abuse
- suicide
- increased risk of bullying
- verbal harassment
- sexual assault
- nonsexual violence
- decreased health care utilization
