GWS 50AC Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Bigender, Cisgender, Biphobia
1 Oct 2018
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Sex : classification/reference to one"s biology, reproductive system and physical characteristics. Gender: a socially constructed behavior and pattern that relates to one"s sexual biology. Assigned gender: gender assigned at birth, then one is expected to follow the so expressions/expectations of such gender. Gender expression/presentation: the un/conscious choices one makes to determine their. Gender identity: one"s sense of their own gender. Gender role: social expectations on behavior (act, think, feel) based off of femini/masculinity. Gender oppression: verbal, physical, legal, emotional and sexual violence especially those who don"t conform with their given gender . Gender identity dysphoria (gid): medical label used to describe discomfort when one"s sex isn"t incongruent with one"s gender. Gender stereotypes: assumptions made about gender, part of our daily lives. Agender: person who is ungendered, or no sense of it. Aggressive: female identified/bodied person that presents as masculine. Androgynous: person appearing/identifying as neither man/woman, showing mixed/neutral. Ally: advocate that fights for other than themselves.
