Important Terms 7 Flashcards
Binary model of gender
Cultural definitions of gender that include only to identities male and female
Biological sex
Male or female identity based on internal and external organs and chromosomes
Cisgender
The term used to describe those who identify with the sex and gender they were assigned at birth
Dyads
Two people in a socially approved pairing
ex: man with woman; marriage
Gender
A set of culturally and historical he invented beliefs and expectations about gender that one learns and performs
Gender ideology
Set of beliefs about gender, identities etc
Heteronormativity
The term by French philosopher Michel Foucault to refer to the often unnoticed system of rights and privileges that accompany normal sexual choices in human formation
Matrifocal
Groups of related females
Matrilineal
Descent of a woman
Matrilocal
A woman’s centered kinship group where living arrangements after marriage often center around households containing related women
Patriarchy
A society that is male-dominated
Patrifocal
Groups of related males
Patrilineal
Descent from a man
Patrilocal
Male centered kinship groups where living arrangements after marriage center around households containing related men
Third gender
A gender that his not male or female
