M1: Sex, Gender and Sexuality

Question 1

Physical or physiological differences between males and females

Answer 1

Sex

Question 2

Does not vary significantly between different human societies

Answer 2

Sex

Question 3

Who researched on hermaphrodite or intersex children — the 1.7% of children who are born with a mixture of male and female sexual organs?

Answer 3

Fausto-Sterling

Question 4

true hermaphrodites with both male
and female gonads (i.e., testes and ovaries)

Answer 4

Herms

Question 5

male pseudo-hermaphrodites with testes and a mixture of sexual organs

Answer 5

Merms

Question 6

female pseudo-hermaphrodites with ovaries and a mixture of sexual organs

Answer 6

Ferms

Question 7

The five different sexes according to Fausto-Sterling

Answer 7

1. Male
2. Female
3. Herms
4. Merms
5. Ferms

Question 8

Social or cultural distinctions and roles associated with being male or female

Answer 8

Gender

Question 9

an individual’s core status as it is a primary dimension of identity, socialization, institutional participation, and life chances

Answer 9

Gender

Question 10

TRUE or FALSE
The dichotomous view of gender is not universal. Some cultures view gender as fluid

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

An individual’s self-conception of being male or female based on his or her association with masculine or feminine gender roles

Answer 11

Gender Identity

Question 12

Individuals who identify their gender with the gender and sex they were assigned

Answer 12

Cisgendered

Question 13

Individuals who identify with a gender that is the opposite of their biological sex

Answer 13

Transgendered

Question 14

Transgendered individuals who alter their bodies
through medical interventions such as surgery and hormonal therapy

Answer 14

Transsexuals

Question 15

A person’s capacity for sexual feelings and their emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex (male or female)

Answer 15

Sex

Question 16

attraction to individuals of the opposite sex

Answer 16

Heterosexuality

Question 17

attraction to individuals of one’s own sex

Answer 17

Homosexuality

Question 18

the attraction to individuals of either sex

Answer 18

Bisexuality

Question 19

no attraction to either sex

Answer 19

Asexuality

Question 20

the first to conceptualize sexuality as a continuum rather than a strict dichotomy of gay or straight.

Answer 20

Alfred Kinsey

Question 21

this scale ranges from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual.

Answer 21

six-point rating scale

Question 22

She expanded on Kinsey’s work.

Answer 22

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Question 23

nonsexual same-sex relations

Answer 23

homosocial

Question 24

She coined the term “homosocial” to
oppose “homosexual”

Answer 24

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Question 25

TRUE or FALSE Only 11.4% of Filipinos reside in areas protected against discrimination.

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

TRUE or FALSE Conflict arises when homosexuals and bisexuals are treated differently.

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

Organized set of beliefs and expectations that guide one’s understanding of maleness and femaleness

Answer 27

Gender Schema