Sexuality and Gender

Gender is...

• Personal and social characteristics of masculinity and femininity

• A social construct

• Biologically determined traits

• Only male and female

Social constructs are _________________ but the effects on how we interact are ___________

• false, imagined

• made up by the society, real

• real, inconsequential

• gender, sexual

Gender expectations are reinforced through...

• Parental socialization

• Media messages

• Representation of genders in leadership positions

• Harassment of people who do not follow gender norms

• People choosing more "feminine" or "masculine" jobs

Gender _________________ is a condition in which a person feels that there is a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity

• identity

• socialization

• dysphoria

• binary

Gender ______________________ is the process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one's biological sex

• identity

• socialization

• dysphoria

• binary

________________________ is a term for a set of lifestyle norms that holds that people fall into distinct and complementary genders (male and female) with natural roles in life.

• identity

• socialization

• heternormativity

• binary

______________ refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women

• identity

• gender

• socialization

• binary