PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Disorders Of Sex Development, Scrotum, Mental Health Professional
28 Oct 2015
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60s, john money: used term gender to describe the psychological experience of femaleness and maleness. Treatment of gender-variant individuals led him co-opt the term gender from linguistics. Gender or sex: on surface distinguishing between biological sex and gender seems simple, sex: biological femaleness or malenesss as indicated by genes, hormones, physiology, gender: psychological experience of femaleness or maleness. Readings: chapter 10: gender role informed by gender schemas + stereotypes: attitudes about acceptable behaviors, attributes. Friend scenes: women who viewed sexual clips: stronger endorsement of sexual stereotypes, clips did not seem to affect men in same way: endorsement was equally high. Female sexual fluidity hypothesis: proposes female sexuality more malleably than male sexuality in response to cultural influences. Women reporting greater interest and receptivity when ovulating. Hispanic/black women to say they were attracted only to opposite sex : women who completed survey in spanish more likely than other women to say this.
