FAS 332 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Exchange Theory, Physical Attractiveness, Bisexuality
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Answer questions based on research not common sense. Gender: society rewards us when we act gender appropriate, what makes us male or female, male stereotype vs. female stereotype, male sex hormones, androgens, that determines sex organs. Around the 8th week of conception, the male genitals would begin to form because of the hormone dht. Mis hormone prevents the development of female genitalia: gender identity. Gender assignment usually is assigned at birth. Sometimes babies are born with ovaries and testicular tissue. Intersex people are just born with a little bit of each sex organ: happiest intersex children were not assigned a gender at birth, the child decides which way to go. Children understand gender very early (around age 3: around age 2, they may still be gender confused, gender identity disorder, transsexuals. Usually identified at a very young age. Many different perspectives about it: therapy to cure it does not work.
