PSYC 3670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Heritability, Circadian Rhythm
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Sex: a biological status, male, female, intersex (dsd) 4% of people, inconsistency in markers: you may be born with male sex chromosomes but androgen insensitivity syndrome, born with female genitals which is called intersex. Gender identity: sense of one"s own gender, when gender identity and gender/sex do not align, individual may identify as transgender or genderqueer, agender: don"t identify as male or female. Tell girls not to wear skirts, high heels, in order not to be raped. If she came in wearing a skirt and heels she would communicate gender in a different way. Gender expression: ways the person communicates within a given culture, though things like clothing, communication patterns, interests, gender expression may or may not be consistent with socially defined gender roles, may or may not reflect gender identity. Feelings, self-concepts: may or may not get expressed in behaviours. Closeted a state of secrecy or cautious privacy regarding one"s sexual orientation. Lesbian women attracted romantically, erotically, and/or emotionally.