FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Kathoey, Gender Identity, Gender Role

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Sandra Pericak

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The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger colour, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl 1918. Gender is not sex: gender: relationship to masculinity, femininity, both, or neither; expression based on that relationship and to their sex, sex: anatomy a person appears to have when they are born. Intersex: anatomy, chromosomes, and/or hormones fall outside of typical definitions of female and male. Gender and sex roles: role: behaviour associated with someone who holds a particular status, gender role: behaviour expected of a male or female in a particular culture, sex role: behaviour defined by biological constraints. Instrumental focus on work identity: higher income and other job advantages, less domestic work and marital stress, women, expressive focus o(cid:374) feeli(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d others" (cid:374)eeds.