PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sandra Bem, Sexual Intercourse, Gender Role
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Gender socialization: sex, gender, sexual orientation, sex: a. i. Can be the act of having sex (intercourse) or the category we put ourselves in based on our genitalia: gender (socially constructed): b. i. Psychological experience based on one"s biological sex b. ii. The prescriptions, expectations, and societal norms that people have for men and women: sexual orientation: c. i. Your mating preference for someone of the opposite sex or the same sex: sex/gender, evolutionary accounts (nature) a. i. Selection pressures for gendered behaviors a. i. 1. a. i. 2. a. i. 3. Reproductive challenges; quality v quantity: social structural accounts (nurture) b. i. Social role theory (division of labor) b. iv. 1. b. iv. 2. Gender roles and gender stereotypes: natural selection vs sexual selection, some traits are passed down for survival; others for sex b. Having a large number of sexual partners b. ii. Engaging in aggressive behavior to help protect partners and offspring and to drive away competition: successful behaviors for females include c. i. Having a small number of sexual partners c. ii.
