unit 1 Flashcards
Sex assigned at birth
-biological
-Based on external genitalia
Gender Identity: man, woman
-your mind (of the gender bread)
-how you feel, your inner psychological sense of who you are
Gender expression: masculine or feminine
-external
-the entire body of the gender bread man because we can express our gender in several ways
sexual orientation
-the heart of the gender bread man
-Focused on feelings not behaviors
cisgender
a person whose gender identity aligns with their sex assigned at birth
transgender
a person whose gender identity does not align with their sex assigned at birth
nonbinary
a person who identifies as a different gender than they were assigned at birth, specifically an identity that doesn’t align with the traditional ideas of man and woman
culture
shared way of life for a group of people, and is transmitted from generation to generation by the process of socialization and enculturation
diversity
dimensions that make us different from one another
how is race a social construct
The human genome project found that there is no biological foundations to race and racial groups are more similar than we think
- race is not biologically determined
- a class divided
culture
shared way of life for a group of people, and is transmitted from generation to generation by the process of socialization and enculturation
diversity
dimensions that make us different from one another
intersectionality
the ways in which systems of inequality overlap based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc
aversive racism
a contemporary and subtle form of prejudice that replaces old fashioned/explicit forms of racism
what are the implications of race?
structural inequality, politics, economic and health disparities