Vocabulary Flashcards
Biological Sex
Chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs. Male or Female. What you are born with.
BDSM
Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Submission, Sadism, Masochism
Cis-Gender
A person’s gender identity matches social assumptions based on assigned sex at birth
Essentialism
There is a truth that exists. The truth is part of nature and can exist across people/cultures. It doesn’t believe in “no Gender” and is biological.
Female Sexual pleasure & reproductive organs
Mons Pubis, Clitoris, Fimbriae, Uterus, Cervix, Vaginal Canal, Fallopian , ovary, endometrial layer, Os, Labia Majora, Labia Minora, Vaginal Opening, Urethra, Anus, Scrotum
Gender Binary
Having two genders.
Gender Expression
How a person demonstrates their gender.
Gender Identity
Where a person believes they fit in better in terms of gender.
Heteronormativity
Heterosexuality is “normal” and that everyone should be heterosexual.
Internalized Oppression
a member of an oppressed group believes and acts out the stereotypes created about their group.
Intersex
Someone whose sex organs are not strictly male or female (combination of male and female)
Intersectionality
Social categories are interconnected creating an overlapping and independent system of advantages and disadvantages.
Male Sexual/Reproductive organs and pathway of the sperm
Prostate Gland, Vas deferens, Seminal Vesicles, Glans/ coronal ridge, frenulum, Corpus spongeosum, Corpora cavernosa, testicles, scrotum, cowpers gland, urethra, perineum, Anus, Seminiferous tubule
Monogamy
Having just 1 partner.
Non-binary gender
Women and men are not relevant.
Objectification
Viewing the body or body parts or sexual functions are separated out from the person; mostly done through gaze.
Oppositional Gaze
a political rebellion and resistance against the repression of black people’s right to a gaze
Oppression
Essentially discrimination on an institutional or societal level.
Perspectives on sex work: Essentialist
Men have an instinctive drive that is natural and cannot be stopped; inevitable.
Perspectives on sex work: Pro-sex feminist
The voice of a sex worker should be heard.
Perspectives on sex work: Feminist Abolitionist
Banish sex work. Sex work is a reproduction of patriarchy and prostitution should be abolished.
Prejudice
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Privilege
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.
Sexual Coercion
The act of using pressure or tricking someone into having sexual relations.
Sexual Consent
When someone agrees, gives permission, or says “yes” to sexual activity with another person.
Stereotype
preconceived or oversimplified generalization about a group of people or particular identity
Point Blank disclosure
Blatantly and clearly disclosing an STI
Stage Setting
Drops hints, disclose is safe, verbal or symbolic
Indirect disclosure
Dropping hints, but don’t disclose
Buffering disclosure
Third person discloses with consent.
Seeking similar disclosure
Disclosing to someone who has the same STI
Non-disclosure
Choosing not to disclose STI
Non-disclosure
Choosing not to disclose STI
Social Construction
Objective reality does not exist. We construct our own reality by categorizing.
Social model of disability
Disability socially constructed; certain body features favored or disfavored.
Type of micro-aggression:
Micro assault
Small behaviors that are intentionally and purposefully hurtful.
Type of micro-aggression: Microinsults
Rude statements that are usually unintentional or unconscious that indicate ignorance or bias
Type of micro-aggression: Micro invalidation
Statements or actions that are usually unintentional or unconscious that ignore, minimize, or nullify a person’s identity.
Transgender
Used in 2 ways: Someone with gender identity not assumed based on assigned sex, and an umbrella term describing people not cisgender.
Dailey’s (1981) & Scarleteen (2011) Circles of sexuality models
Dailey’s: sensuality (body pleasure), intimacy (feelings), identity (who I am in gender roles/sex), health and reproduction (anatomy), sexualization (use of sexuality to control/manipulate others)
Scarleteen: behavior practices (what we do, express sexuality, desires, masturbation), power and agency (power-ability to do something, agency-right to do something; capacity)
Crane & Crane-Seeber’s Four Boxes of Gendered Sexuality (2003)
(tough) guys: “dominator, protector”
(sweet) guys: “sissy, fag”
(good) girls: “wife, mother”
(bad) girls: “slut, whore, hoe, dyke”
Ponse’s Principle of Consistency (1978) & Ruggles definition of Queer (2014)
Configuration of gender practices
- Emotional restrictions
- Isolation from others including intimate partners
- Risk Taking
- Striving for success and achievement
- Violence when necessary
- Hiding weakness
- Avoidance of anything that might be deemed feminine or homosexual
Connell’s Hegemonic Masculinity
Maintains dominance in two ways: external dimension subordinates women and internal dimension subordinates economically disadvantage, gay and men of color. Most likely to embrace: -Male -Young -Single -African American -Southern
Emphasized Femininity
Feminine displays indicate submission and vulnerability. Adaptive orientation
-Exists in relation to negemonic power orientation.
hooks’ Phallocentric Masculinity
Masculinity achieved through the penis
- Sex w/ many women
- Having many children
- Women become currency to improve rank
- Self-accepting of inability to meet womens need
- Not physical indestructable
- Nonchalant
- Insults women when not emphasized feminine.
Korobov’s “Ordinary Man” or “Antihero” construct
loveable loser, self-accepting of inability to meet women’s needs, not physically indestructible, mildly amuse when rejected, insults women when not emphasized feminine, does get hurt…just acts like he doesn’t
Kline Sexual Orientation Grid
Variable Past Present Ideal Sexual attraction Sexual behavior Sexual fantasies Emotional preference Social preference self-identity straight/gay lifestyle
Kinsey Scale
If someone doesn’t define themselves, then this creates a community for the people who justify who they are and a person can rate themselves on where they believe they fit in.
Kinsey Scale-
0- Exclusively heterosexual
1- Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual
2- Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3- Equally heterosexual and homosexual
4- Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual
5- Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual
6- Exclusively homosexual
Van Anders Sexual Configuration Theory
Describes people’s sexual attractions and desires based on your sex.
Gagnon & Simon’s Sexual Script theory:
The different levels of sexual scripts, cultural scripts, interpersonal and intrapsychic
