PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gender Role, Sexual Orientation, Ambivalent Sexism

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Waggoner Denton Ashley

Document Summary

Related concepts: sex, gender roles, gender identity, sexual orientation and sexism. Differences between males and females and how these gender differences compare to stereotypes. How gender roles develop and contribute to strong expectations for gender differences. Consequences of relying on and expecting gender differences e. g. gender discrimination, assault. Sex: biological category of male or female, defined by physical differences in genetic composition and in reproductive anatomy and function. Gender: cultural, social and psychological meanings that are associated with masculinity and femininity. Gender roles: behaviors, attitudes and personality traits that are designated as either masculine or feminine in a given culture. Gender stereotypes: beliefs and expectations people hold about the typical characteristics, preferences and behaviors of men and women. Gender identity: psychological sense of being male or female. Sexual orientation: direction of their emotional and erotic attraction toward members of the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes. Differences between males and females can be based on: 1.