PSYC 350 Chapter : 1 - Perspectives on Sexuality (2011/12) - Lecture + Text.docx
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Sex: 1) category of male/female; 2) sexual feelings & behaviours. Gender in sex research, psychology, sociology, this refers to collection of cognitive, behavioural, and personality traits that differ between the sexes. Sexuality feelings, behaviours, and identities associated w/ sex: not a euphemism for sex . Most sexual behaviour occurs in context of interpersonal relationships, whether real or not. Many will be challenged by interpersonal difficulties or external forces: sexual behaviour & relationships take place in a moral context, sense of right/wrong (morality) influenced from experience, religion, etc. affect one s sexual behaviour. Sexuality influences a person s identity: gender identity subjective sense of being male/female. Most have sense of gender identity corresponding to anatomical sex. Gender state as male of female (personal, social, legal) Behaviours, expectations, roles, representations, and sometimes the values & beliefs that are specific to either men or women. E. g. female/male-ness: transgendered person that identifies w/ opposite sex from birth; may/may not seek surgical gender reassignment.
