PSYC 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Class Discrimination, Femininity, Trans Woman
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How do we explain central concepts in the psychology of sex. Sex and gender ? sex differences - not only biological. Rohda unger (1979: gender: nonbiological, culturally construced aspects of being female or male, sex: biological aspects. ^ this is not easy for 2 reasons. Not know how much of that difference stems from biology or socialization, cultural norms, life experience: e. g. physical aggression rates ( > , bio (testosterone, social (physically active, risky behaviour, etc) Very meanings of biological and social factors are fuzzy: hormones cause change in gender-typed behaviour or vice versa, performing male-typed behaviours -> increase testosterone, performing female-typed (soothing crying baby) -> decrease testosterone, gender typed behaviours are learned. How do i express myself outwardly (via dress, social behaviour, etc. Masculine (or male-typed), feminine (or female-typed), androgynous (both male and female typed), agendered (neither male or female typed) Boy, girl, man, woman, transgender man (transman), transgender woman (transwoman), agender, genderqueer, nonbinary.
