PSYC203 Lecture Notes - Fluoxetine, Transvestism, Chest Pain
27 Oct 2013
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Sex: the sum of those difference in the structure and function of the reproductive. Organs on the ground of which beings are distinguished as male and females: physiological differences, chromosomal dichotomy. Xy = m: shades of grey (physical intersex condition. No testicles and has an internal uterus. Agency (focus on self) communion (focus on others) Extreme ends of the gender role continuum. Not sticking to the correct end of the gender roles continuum for one"s physiological sex. Transgenderism: when an individual"s identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender, combines or moves between male and female gender. Transvestism: the condition of having an abnormal desire to dress in clothes of the opposite sex, men dress as women but accept their male identity. Transsexualism: an overwhelming desire to belong to the opposite sex, gender dysphoria. Incongruence between one"s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender. Can now include people with physical intersex conditions.
