HSCI 214 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
4 Apr 2016
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Sexual variance and orientaion: sex biological substrate of diferences between male and female, gender expression and modiicaion of diferences in social and cultural context, sexual idenity. Sex determined by karyotype, xx (female), xy (male) Hermaphrodite animal or plant that has both male and female reproducive organs: gender idenity and gender role. Gender idenity personal sense of knowing which gender you belong to or the way you see yourself. Gender role collecion of values, aitudes, beliefs, behaviours, that compose the social deiniion of being masculine or feminine. Transgender wide range of individuals and behaviours that difer from the normal male and female gender roles. Transsexualism desire for and pursuit of change to one"s sexual idenity. Transvesiism cross-dressing and other means of assuming the behaviour and appearance of opposite sex, but without wish for sex change: sexual orientaion. Enduring patern of emoional, romanic and/or sexual atracions to men,
