PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Homicide, Robert Pickton, Family Values
10 Apr 2014
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Attitudes towards sex are very different depending on the area. Controversial topics include: debate of gay rights, abortion, teen pregnancy, prostitution, sexual abuse. Sexuality is found everywhere: sports, campus, work, media, religion, sex industries. Not only can it produce pleasure but it can produce anxiety, stress, confusion & fear. Primary sex characteristics: the genital, organs used for reproduction. Secondary sex characteristics: bodily development apart from the genitals that distinguishes biologically mature females and males. Females: wider hips for giving birth, milk producing breasts males: more body muscle, hairier & deeper voices. Gender: element of culture that refers to the personal traits and patterns of behaviour, including responsibilities, opportunities, and privileges, that culture attaches to being male or female. Gender identity: incorporation of cultural definitions and expectations into personality/ traits that males and females, guided by their culture, incorporate in their behaviours. Intersexual: people whose bodies including genitals, have male and female characteristics.
