PSYC 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ejaculation, Hormone Therapy, Medical Model
22 Oct 2015
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What is gender: for some people, the state of being male or female . Sex and gender: sex: the biological aspects of male and female ( and other, gender: the cultural, social, behavioural, and psychological aspects of being male/female/ other. Levels of sex and gender: chromosomal gender, gonadal gender: ovaries, testes, prenatal hormonal gender: anti-mullerian, testosterone in male, internal organs, external genitals, assigned gender, gender identity, social roles, norms . Gender norms: not symmetric: much more acceptance for females to express attributes along spectrum, male gender norm quite restricted. Gender: gender identity, usually consistent with anatomical sex, trans* persons, gender dysphoria, there is more to gender identity than just genitals! Third sex: non-western cultures, polynesia: mahu: on per village, dressed in female clothing and engaged in typical female activities, had sex with men. Very esteemed position, parents train sons to be: some aboriginal cultures: bedarche.
