FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gender Binary, Cisgender, Gender Identity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Skakoon- Sparling

Document Summary

Sex (dna: biological characteristics of males and females. Gender: social attitudes and behaviours of males and females (eg. makeup, beards, clothes, moods, etc. ) Film example: in and out exploring your masculinity . The main difference from genderbread to gender unicorn is that there is much more nuance. You can be more than either male or female. Role: behaviour associated with someone who holds a particular status (eg. mom, dad, police officer, football player, etc. ) Gender role: behaviour expected of a female or male in a particular culture. Sex role: behaviour defined by biological constraints. Socialization: process by which people learn the characteristics of their group. Gender identity: a person"s psychological sense of being male or female or . Preschool: stereotyped beliefs about occupations and activities that are not flexible. Middle childhood: understand stereotypes and gender stereotype flexibility. Overlap in characteristics of males and females. More flexible, more likely to not believe in stereotypes.