FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mesonephric Duct, Paramesonephric Duct, X Chromosome

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Week 7: chapter 5 gender identity and gender roles. Inguinal canal: fetal canal that connects the scrotum and testes, allowing the latter to descent: cryptorchidism undescended testes, usually infertility issues and more risk of cancer, surgically fixed. Gender identity: gender identity: one"s view of self as male or female most central aspect of self-concept, sex assignment: labelling at birth as female or male based on external genitalia, cisgender: matches assigned sex. Intersexual: possesses gonads of one gender & external genetalia typical of other gender (pseudo hermaphrodite) more common than hermaphrodite, testes or ovaries (gonads) match chromosomal sex (prenatal errors) Nature and nurture: gender identity usually consistent with chromosomal gender. Gender dysphoria: a sense of incongruity between assigned sex and gender identity that causes distress. Gender roles & stereotypes: emotional women stereotype, logical man, gender roles are stereotypes invoking fixed conventional expectations of men and women.