SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Sexual Assault, Hostile Work Environment, Homophobia
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Intersexed: babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other case. Sex: depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. Gender identity: your sense of being male or female and you"re playing masculine and feminine roles in ways defined as appropriate by your culture and society. When you behave according to widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act, you adopt a gender role. Unlike sex, gender is not determined solely by biology. Research suggests that babies first develop a vague sense of being a boy or a girl at about the age of one. They develop a full-blown sense of gender identity between the ages of two and three (blum, 1997) Researchers still believe that gender reassignment occurs before the age of.
