Sociology 1025A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sex Organ, Gender Variance, Dualism
7 Jan 2020
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Chapter 7 - sex, gender, and sexualities: deconstructing. Sex: biological characteristics that include sex chromosomes, primary sex characteristics, and secondary sex characteristics. Gender: the behavioural, cultural, or psychological traits associated with a particular sex, within a certain culture, at a given point in history. Femininity: the behavioural, cultural, or psychological traits associated with being a female, within a certain culture, at a given point in history. Heterosexuality: sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex . Homosexuality: sexual attraction to members of the same sex . Intersexed: a person whose physical sex characteristics fall outside the boundaries of the male/female dualism. Disorders of sexual development or differences in sexual development (dsd): a term used in place of intersexed, referring to physical sex characteristics that fall outside the boundaries of the male/female dualism. Two-spirited: in indigenous cultures, individuals who have both male and female spirits. Cisgender: individuals whose gender identity or expression corresponds to their birth sex.
