SOCI-1015EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sexual Differentiation, Bisexuality, Gender Identity
20 Jun 2018
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Sex: The biological Dimension
Sex: refers to the biology and anatomical differences between females and males.
Primary Sex Characteristics: The genitalia used in the reproductive process.
Secondary Sex Characteristics: The physical traits (other than reproductive organs) that identify
an individual’s sex.
Hermaphrodite: A person in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete.
Transsexual: A person in whom the sex-related structures of the brain that define gender identity
are opposite from the physical sex organs of the persons body.
Transvestite: A male who lives as a women or a female who lives as a man.
Sexual Orientation: A person's preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of
the opposite sex (heterosexuality), and same sex (homosexuality), or both (bisexuality).
Homophobia: Extreme prejudice directed at gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and others who are
perceived as not being heterosexual.
Gender: The culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in
the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with “femininity” and “masculinity”.
Gender Role: The attitudes, behaviour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for
each sex and are learned through the socialization process.
Gender identity: A person’s perception of the self as female or male.
Body Consciousness: A term that describes how a person perceives and feels about his or her
body.
Sexism: The subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the
other sex.
Patriarchy: A hierarchal system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic
structures are controlled by men.
Matriarchy: A hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic
structures are controlled by women.
Gender Bias: Behaviour that shows favouritism toward one gender over the other.
Sexual Harassment: Unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, or other verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual nature
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Document Summary
Sex: refers to the biology and anatomical differences between females and males. Primary sex characteristics: the genitalia used in the reproductive process. Secondary sex characteristics: the physical traits (other than reproductive organs) that identify an individual"s sex. Hermaphrodite: a person in whom sexual differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete. Transsexual: a person in whom the sex-related structures of the brain that de ne gender identity are opposite from the physical sex organs of the persons body. Transvestite: a male who lives as a women or a female who lives as a man. Sexual orientation: a person"s preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex (heterosexuality), and same sex (homosexuality), or both (bisexuality). Homophobia: extreme prejudice directed at gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and others who are perceived as not being heterosexual. Gender: the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity .
