PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Third-Person Pronoun, Gender Dysphoria, Dysphoria

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Guergana Mileva

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-more accepted for women to dress as men, then men as women. -these are the 2 genders and this is how it will be. -aboriginals have a higher acceptance of the genders; can choose female, or male or both. -nothing is wrong with choosing their third genders in their society. Gender identity: newer concept in society; your sense of self in male or female. The(cid:455)"re all right, must take these into account. -they are born looking like little girls and they turn 12 and grow a penis. -the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s like to a(cid:272)t like a fe(cid:373)ale prior to age (cid:1005)(cid:1006), al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s had the ge(cid:374)der ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) of male alpha-reductases, converts testosterone to di-testosterone not until ~12 years. Characteristics we consider to be masculine and feminine. Now it"s ge(cid:374)der (cid:374)eutral, (cid:373)ore a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ore (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) are re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a higher edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) tha(cid:374) (cid:271)efore. Gender identity your body is incongruent than your self. When you have sex organs from both genders.