SEXUAL ASPECT OF SELF Flashcards
(46 cards)
Self and its aspect develops as a result of interaction with others
Interactionist Perspective
Self is also shaped/molded by the diff forms of self-description and self-judgement that we use as a result of our social interactions
Interactionist Perspective
Self is also shaped/molded by the diff forms of self-description and self-judgement that we use as a result of our social interactions
Interactionist Perspective
Self is also shaped/molded by the diff forms of self-description and self-judgement that we use as a result of our
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Foundations of the Development of ____ Inextricably (totally) tied to bodily changes during puberty
Sexual Self-Concept
The development of the adolescent brain
The development of primary sex characteristics
The development of secondary sex characteristics
3 bodily changes during puberty
According to _ and _ Sexual identity is also constructed
Ganon and Simon (1974)
In construction of sexual identity having a ___ happens first
gendered self
Children can’t become sexual selves without being able to understand the kind of language through which acts, feelings, and relationships become sexually meaningful.
“Gendered Individual” (CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL IDENTITY)
depends on having the ability to make sense of the self as sexual
Sexual selfhood
Children first understand themselves as ___ bec that’s how everyone treats them
GENDERED
Baby’s genitals = sign of sex
Baby is reduced to its sex ( boy or girl)
Girling the girl; Boying the boy
3 Social Processes of Social Categorization in Relation to Gender
Self is formed through _ terms ?
gendered terms
Child comes to understand itself as
gendered
Child comes to understand that it interacts with gendered _
gendered others
Child learns to locate itself within a gendered ___
gendered social field
process of _ doesn’t necessarily differ for the boys and girls
Process of self-formation
They simply differently gendered selves by participating gendered social interaction
Process of self-formation
variable (no single way of being girl/boy)
Gendered selfhood
Understanding gender diff helps us to navigate a gendered _
GENDERED SOCIAL WORLD
Growing into adulthood, sexuality becomes braided into ____ and becomes closely intertwined with ____
SELF, GENDER
We do not become sexual all at once, Our concept of a _ comes from other people around us (adults)
sexual self
We ___ things from their social environment that’s potential sexual relevance (facilitated by language)
assimilate (adapt)
social environment =
potential sexual relevance (facilitated by language)