Gender, Sex and Sexuality

Question 1

Biological Determinism:

Answer 1

The belief that men and women behave differently due to inherit sex differences related to their biology.

Question 2

Doing Gender:

Answer 2

The performance of tasks based upon the gender assigned to us by society and, in turn, ourselves.

Question 3

Defense Of Marriage Act:

Answer 3

DOMA, a 1996 U.S. law explicitly limiting the definition of marriage to a union between one man and one woman and allowing each individual state to recognize or deny same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Question 4

Double Standard:

Answer 4

The concept that prohibits premarital sexual intercourse for women but allows it for men.

Question 5

Gender:

Answer 5

A term that refers to social or cultural distinctions of behaviors that are considered male or female.

Question 6

Gender Dysphoria:

Answer 6

A condition listed in the DSM-5 in which people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with. This condition replaces gender identity disorder.

Question 7

Gender Identity:

Answer 7

A person’s deeply held internal perception of his or her gender.

Question 8

Gender Role:

Answer 8

Society’s concept of how men and women should behave.

Question 9

Heterosexism:

Answer 9

An ideology and set of institutional practices that privilege heterosexuals and heterosexuality over other sexual orientations.

Question 10

Homophobia:

Answer 10

An extreme or irrational aversion to homosexuals.

Question 11

Queer Theory:

Answer 11

An interdisciplinary approach to sexuality studies that identities Western society’s rigid splitting of gender into male and female roles and questions its appropriateness.

Question 12

Sex:

Answer 12

A term that denotes the presence of physical or physiological differences between males and females.

Question 13

Sexism:

Answer 13

The prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another.

Question 14

Sexual Orientation:

Answer 14

A person’s physical, mental, emotional, and sexual attraction to a particular sex.

Question 15

Sexuality:

Answer 15

A person’s capacity for sexual feelings.

Question 16

Social Construction Of Sexuality:

Answer 16

Socially created definitions about the cultural appropriateness of sex-linked behavior which shape how people see and experience sexuality.

Question 17

Transgender:

Answer 17

An adjective that describes individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are different from their biological sex.