US - SEXUAL SELF Flashcards
THE BEGINNING OF ADOLESCENCE IS MARKED BY RAPID PHYSICAL CHANGES INCLUDING
THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
1. MATURATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT SEX CHARACTERISTICS
SEX CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE
PRIMARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS
SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS
DURING PUBERTY, TESTOSTERONE AND OTHER ANDROGENS STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS AND ALSO INCREASE SEX DRIVE
HORMONES
A HORMONE THAT IS HYDROXYL STEROID KETONE C19 H28 O2 PRODUCED BY THE TESTES OR FOR INDUCING AND MAINTAINING MALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS
MALE: TESTOSTERONE
GENDER TERMINOLOGY
SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
GENDER ATTRIBUTION
GENDER EXPRESSION
GENDER IDENTITY
PRIMARILY REFERS TO PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES BODY CHARACTERISITICS NOTABLY SEX ORGAN WHICH ARE DISTINCT IN MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS
SEX
IS BIOLOGICALLY DETERMINED BY GENES AND HORMONES
MALE AND FEMALE
IS LEARNED AND PERPETUATED PRIMARITY THROUGH THE FAMILY, EDUCATION, RELIGION IS AN ACQUIRED IDENTITY
MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY
IS RELATIVELY FIXED/CONSTANT
MALE AND FEMALE
BECAUSE IT IS SOCIALIZED, IT MAY BE VARIABLE THROUGH TIME AND ACROSS CULTURES
MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY
REFERS TO A PERSON’S SEXUAL AND ROMANTIC INTERESTS TO EITHER PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX OR PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
REFERS TO A PERSON’S SEXUAL AND ROMANTIC INTERESTS TO EITHER PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX OR THE SAME SEX
HETEROSEXUAL
INDIVIDUAL MAY CLAIM BUT ENGAGE IN THE SAME SEX BEHAVIORS AND EXPERIENCE SAME SEX DESIRES
HETEROSEXUAL
THE FLUIDITY AND SITUATIONAL CHARACTER OF SEXUALITIES MEAN THAT INDIVIDUAL FACTORS, SOCIAL CONTEXT, AND HISTORICAL EVENTS SHAPE AND ARE SHAPED
HETEROSEXUAL
IT LESS ABOUT SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND DESIRES BUT MORE ON IDENTITY PRACTICES
HETEROSEXUAL
ATTACHED TO AND INTERESTED IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX
HOMOSEXUAL
WOMEN ARE REFERRED TO AS
MEN AS
LESBIANS
GAY
IS A PERSON’S FEELINGS OF BEING A WOMAN, MAN, BOTH OR NEITHER
GENDER IDENTITY
CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MANY WAYS THROUGH HOW THEY DRESS, SPEECH, ACTIVITIES, HOBBIES, AND BEHAVIORS AND CAN CHANGE IN TIME
GENDER IDENTITY
THE ASSUMTION THAT A PERSON IDENTIFIES WITH THE SEX OR GENDER THEY WERE ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, OR THAT HAVING A CISGENDER GENDER IDENTITY IS THE NORM
CISNORMATIVITY
ALSO REFERRED TO AS ENBY, THIS IS A GENDER IDENTITY AND UMBRELLA TERM FOR GENDER IDENTITIES THAT CANT BE EXCLUSIVELY CATEGORIZED AS MALE AND FEMALE
NONBINARY
THIS COULD BE A MALE, FEMALE, OR INTERSEX
DOESNT DETERMINE OR INDICATE ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR AUTHENTIC GENDER EXPERIENCE OR IDENTITY
SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
REFERS TO SOMEONE WHOSE GENDER IDENTITY FALLS ON THE SPECTRUM BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE
THEY DONT SUBSCRIBE TO CONVENTIONAL GENDER DISTINCTION
GENDERQUEER
REFERS TO SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT IDENTIFY WITH THE GENDER THEY WERE ASSIGNED AT BIRTH
TRANSGENDER
