AED 408 Lecture Notes - Gender Binary, Cisgender, Gender Identity

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Agricultural Education Main
• Course: AED 408

Document Summary

Gender: from the moment gender is known, gender expectations influence how children are treated, baby products are typed or segregated and focused on gender, parents/family/peers treat children differently based on gender. Not everyone fits into the gender binary: gender nonconforming, transgender. Intersexed: even those who are cis gender may not fit in the box, gender identity, one"s definition of oneself as a woman or man. Shapes our expectations for ourselves: abilities. Gender identity: gender identity is how you, and your head think about yourself. It"s the chemistry that composes you and how you interpret what that means. Gender expression: gender expression is how you demonstrate your gender (based on traditional gender roles) through the way you act, dress, behave, and interact. Biological sex: biological sex refers to be objectively measurable organs, hormones, and chromosomes female= vagina, ovaries, xx chromosomes; male= penis, testes, xy chromosomes;