FMST 210 Lecture Notes - Gender Identity, Gender Role, Grammatical Gender
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I don"t know: gender should be defined as a binary category. I don"t know: an individual"s gender identity should be congruent with their biological sex. I don"t know: an individual"s gender identity is related to their sexual identity (i. e. , sexual orientation) Tiger devoire worked in john money"s lab, against altering genitals. Transgender gender identity doesn"t match biological sex. John money gender identity can be learned (learning theories) Tiger devoir gender identity is in the mind determined by individuals not reinforcement/punishment) The classification of people as male or female based on characteristics such as chromosomes, hormones, internal reproductive organs, and genitalia. If an individual cannot be classified as a male or female, the sex of this individual is referred to as intersex. Socially defined roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate or proper" for men and for women. In most societies, gender consists of two binary categories: masculine and feminine.
