SOCI 303 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sex Organ, Biological Determinism, Sexual Identity
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Gender perspective paradigm intersectionality gendered division of labor gender stratification interplanetary theory. Intersex: a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn"t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. Gender continuum: includes additional gender identities outside of the spectrum. Cis gender: denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity conforms with the gender that corresponds to their biological sex; not transgender. Trans gender: denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender. Third sex incl. examples biological essentialism biological determinism differential socialization nature vs. nurture is a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither man nor woman. It also describes a social category present in those societies that recognize three or more genders. Biological determinism: refers to the idea that all human behavior is innate, determined by genes, brain size, or other biological attributes.