PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indigestion, Breech Birth, Oedipus Complex
14 Mar 2017
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Sex and media: media plays a large role in shaping our norms and our identities, media helps us learn what is (cid:498)normal(cid:499) and what is expected of us. History of sex and advertising and western culture. Cultural diversity: the first interracial kiss american television was on star trek in 1968, the first american film featuring an interracial courtship was guess who"s coming to dinner in 1967. Chromosome say male, however they are insensitive to androgen that triggers development of male genitalia, so they look to be female. Gay, straight, and the reason why: masculinity femininity continuum (gender expression) feminine, very feminine, very masculine, somewhat masculine, androgynous, somewhat. Alternative conceptualization of sexual orientation: sex: female, male and intersex (when they are born they are often assigned a gender with the use of medical procedure, attraction: towards women or towards men, category: homosexual or heterosexual. Sex development in the uterus the basic foundations are the same.
