Introduction Flashcards
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It refers to anatomical and physiological characteristics of maleness and femaleness, a biological categorization based primarily on reproductive potential.
Sex
is based in a combination of anatomical, endocrinal and chromosomal features, and the selection among these criteria for sex assignment is based very much on cultural beliefs about what actually makes someone male or female.
Sex
is a type of chromosome that participates in sex determination. Humans and most other mammals have two sex chromosomes,the X and the Y.
Sex Chromosomes
there are cases wherein the genitals appear to be a conglomerate of male and female organs. It may be difficult to classify the baby’s sex, and it is called
Hermaphroditism a.k.a Intersex
refers to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men, such as norms, roles, and relationships of and between groups of women and men.
Gender
set of roles, characteristics, and expectations of how a man or woman should feel, think, and act as influenced by parents, peers and society
Gender Role
the personal sense of one’s own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person’s assigned sex at birth or can differ from it. Gender expression typically reflects a person’s gender identity, but this is not always the case
Gender Identity
permits man and woman and any other individual whose identity are under the category of LGBTQIA+ for equal enjoyment of human rights.
Gender Equality
viewed as a person’s capacity for sexual feelings and the orientation of those feelings.
Sexuality
the way we experience and express ourselves as sexual beings.
Sexuality
describes to whom a person is sexually attracted. Some people are attracted to people of a particular gender; others are attracted to people of more than one gender. Some are not attracted to anyone.
Sexual orientation
attracted to people of the “opposite” sex (see below); also sometimes generally used to refer to people whose sexualities are societally normative. Alternately referred to as “heterosexual.”
Straight
not sexually attracted to anyone and/or no desire to act on attraction to anyone. Does not necessarily mean sexless.
Asexual
attracted to people of one’s own gender and people of other gender(s)
Bisexual
generally refers to a man who is attracted to men
Gay
a woman who is attracted to women.
Lesbian
attracted to people regardless of gender. Sometimes also or alternately “omnisexual” or “polysexual.”
Pansexual/Fluid
one who may be unsure of, reconsidering, or chooses to hold off identifying their sexual identity or gender expression or identity.
Questioning
traditionally a derogatory term, yet reclaimed and appropriated by some LGBTQ individuals as a term of self-identification. It is an umbrella term which embraces a matrix of sexual preferences, gender expressions, and habits that are not of the heterosexual, heteronormative, or gender-binary majority. It is not a universally accepted term by all members of the LGBT community, and it is often considered offensive when used by heterosexuals.
Queer
written by society is in some ways similar to a script written by a playwright. Just as a playwright expects actors to adhere to a prescribed script, society expects women and men to behave according to the expectations of their respective gender role.
Social Construct
Social constructed ideas are generally learned through a process known as
Socialization
is an act of enculturating and teaching others on how to behave in a particular way as dictated by societal values, beliefs, and attitudes.
Socialization
is the first agent of socialization.
Family
involves overgeneralizing about the attitudes, traits, or behaviour patterns of women or men.
Gender Stereotyping
