01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gender Dysphoria, Pansexuality, Sexual Orientation
11 Jan 2020
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Sex refers to biological features of a person. Levels of estrogen increase in females and lead to the development of internal female organs. Intersexes have an intermediate appearance between the sexes-pseudohermaphroditism. They used to be surgically altered to create distinct male or female appearances. Gender identity - the gender that a person regards themselves. Cisgender - describes a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth. Transgender - gender identity is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth - does not imply specific sexual orientation. Gender expansive - conveys a wider range of gender identity than typically associated with the binary gender system. Sexual orientation - a person"s preference for male partners, female partners, both or neither. Homosexual - a person attracted to people of one"s own sex. Bisexual - attracted to more than one sex, gender or gender identity.
