week 4 online dating Flashcards
sex vs gender
biologival features to social expectations
gender experssion varieties
thinking and behaviour
sex
biological features that charxatcerize the male amd female of a species
primary sex charcateristics
born w, promote sexual repordutction
secondary sex charcateristics
emerge during puberty, signal fertiity and maturirty
binary assumption
male and female
non overlapping
unique to human spceies
problem-intersex
we cannot see ppl’s gentilia or hromoes usually so we go off apperance
intersex
both m and f
missing or extra chromosome or normal
gender
attitudes, behaviours, expecttaions a culture identifies as masuxline or feminine
teriatry sex characteristics
gender expression imposed by culture/ society
cisgender
match between gender and sex at birth
transgender
not match sex at birth and gender
masculine and feminine as unidimensional
two dimensions
more or less doesnt make one more or less
1970
two dimensional
opposties
schemas
organized beleievs about what it means to be a man or woman
androgynous
M and F high
they do well in novel situations
least depdennt most secure
undifferentiated
low M and F
gender unicorn
scales
meta analyses
combined findings across studies
is there a lot or little overlap between men and women on sevreal traits
lots of overlap
d statistic
difference berween group
falls between 0 and 1
closer to 1 = more differenet
+ or - (+=men higher)
who is happier men or women
women
who has highest sekf esteem M or W
men
(M or W) anxiety, guilt, or fear
towards sex
* emotional support
seeking
* decoding non-
verbal behavior
W
(M or W) intrusive
interruptions
* verbal aggression
* assertiveness
M
expressing emotion
* importance of
partner’s ambition
& social class
* tender-mindedness
M or W
W
importance of
partner’s physical
attractiveness
* physical aggression
* positive attitudes
towards casual sex
* masturbation
M or W
M
explnantions - evlutionary
mate prefernces
women need resources for offsprng
men want youthful bc invest resources in women who can reproduce
men and women differ
because
of unequal access to
power, resources, &
opportunities
EXPLANATIONS - LEARNED
expectations
actions
social strictual view
power, money, resources
expectations
actions
5 steps of social structure view
structural differences in
power & status
expectations for certain
behaviors/skillsets in men
& women
formulation of
stereotypes
socialization into
stereotypes (& punish
deviance)
gender-differentiated
behavior and
psychology
evolutionary
parental investment
social structural theory (SST)
gender inequality of power
and status
strong support for SST
gender expectations are changing and
evolutionary arguments are not always
supported
INTIMACY
relationship awareness
* expressing emotion & caring
* interest in sex
* ending relationships
RELATIONSHIP AWARENESS
connect with a few close others (women)
recall more details, greater accuracy, more
emotional range (women)
more complex representations (women)
take perspective of couple rather than self (women)
women better relaitonship awareness
INTEREST IN SEX (men)
motivation
* spontaneous thoughts
* sexual frequency
* # sexual partners
* masturbate
* variety
* sacrifice
* initiate vs. refuse