SOCI 1001H Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hostile Work Environment, Nuclear Family, Sexual Assault
20 Nov 2016
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Intersexed babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other cause. Sex depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. Being male or female also involves feelings, attitudes, and behaviours. Gender your sense of being male or female and your playing masculine and: feelings, attitudes, and behaviours feminine roles in ways defined as appropriate by your culture and society. Gender identity a person"s identification with, or sense of belonging to, a particular sex biologically, psychologically, and socially. When you behave according to expectations about how males or females are supposed to act, you adopt a gender role. Babies first develop sense of being a boy or girl at about age of one. Develop full-blown sense of gender identity between ages of two and three.
