UND SELF Gender Flashcards
Sometimes called biological sex, anatomical sex, or physical sex
Sex
True or False: Gender is a person’s identity based on their physical characteristics, genes and hormones
False
Sex is a person’s identity based on their physical
characteristics, genes and hormones
Chromosomes and hormones of a female/male but external genital is like that of a male/female
Intersex
Example of sexual act
Having sex
True or False: Secondary characteristics are congenital
False
It is developed during puberty
True or False: Sex is multidimensional and social excluding on gender
False
Both sex and gender is multidimensional and social
It is the structure of social relations that centers on the reproductive arena, and the set of practices that bring reproductive distinctions into social processes
Gender
True or False: When the reproductive arena becomes
sociocultural, it becomes gender
True
It is generally considered to be a socially constructed concept that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with a given sex
Gender
Sex or Gender: “Masculine” and “Feminine”
Gender
Sex or Gender: “Male” and “Female”
Sex
True or False: Sex refers to the attitudes, feelings and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex
False
Gender refers to the attitudes, feelings and behaviors that a
given culture associates with a person’s biological sex
Behavior that is compatible with cultural expectations
Gender - normative (act appropriate to
sex)
Behaviors that are viewed as incompatible with these
expectations constitute
Gender non - conformity
Cross dressing is an example of gender - normative or gender non - conformity?
Gender non - conformity
Sex or Gender: Biological
Sex
Sex or Gender: Social, contextual
Gender
Sex or Gender: Fixed
Sex
Sex or Gender: Changing
Gender
Sex or Gender: Universal
Sex
Sex or Gender: Determined at birth
Sex
Sex or Gender: Social expectations for males and females
Gender
Sex or Gender: Present in either
Sex
Sex or Gender: Present in both
Gender
True or False: Gender is present in both as the person can exhibit masculine and feminine behaviors and it is changing as it can affect over time
True
True or False: Gender can be quantified by DNA and genetic testing but sometimes the results are difficult to make sense of with regard to their social implications
False
Sex can be quantified by DNA and genetic testing but
sometimes the results are difficult to make sense of with
regard to their social implications
A sexual attraction and behavior directed to other sex
Heterosexual