SY101 Chapter 8: SY101 – CHAPTER 8
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Intersexed: babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other cause. The social learning of gender: babies fully develop a sense of gender identification between the ages of 3-4. The social learning of gender begins very early in life. 11/1/15: gender ideology: a set of ideas about what constitutes appropriate masculine and feminine roles and behavior. Male-female interaction the top level of management: glass ceiling: a social barrier that makes it difficult for women to rise to rigid distinction between male and female. They may be heterosexual or homosexual: transgendered: people who break society"s gender norms by defying the were born with the (cid:498)wrong(cid:499) body. They identify with, and want to live fully: transsexual: people who want to alter their gender by changing their appearance or resorting to medical intervention. Heterosexuals: people who prefer members of the opposite sex as sexual partners: homosexuals: people who prefer sexual partners of the same sex.
