Gender and Sex PDF
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This document provides an overview of gender and sex, including various concepts like assigned sex at birth, primary and secondary sex characteristics, gender identity, and sexual orientation. It also covers the transitioning process, different types of gender identities, and sexual orientations, providing basic definitions for each.
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‘ GENDER AND SEX SEX ○ Assigned at birth ○ Male and Female ○ Biological, Physiological, Physical ★ PSC: Primary Sex Characteristics ○ Penis...
‘ GENDER AND SEX SEX ○ Assigned at birth ○ Male and Female ○ Biological, Physiological, Physical ★ PSC: Primary Sex Characteristics ○ Penis ○ Vagina Gender reveal = Sex Reveal SAAB - SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH PENIS ANAB - Assigned Male at Birth VAGINA AFAB - Assigned Female at Birth Sex can be changed :) ★ SSC: Secondary Sex Characteristics ○ Happens during puberty MALE Broadening of shoulders, adam's apple FEMALE Widening of hips, breast growth, menstruation Pubic hairs (general) ★ INTERSEX ○ Both PSC (penis and vagina) is present ○ Can be operated ○ Cannot reproduce on their own TESTOSTERONE WHAT TRIGGER ESTROGEN WINS PROGESTERONE GENDER ○ Deeply personal ○ Way of expression ★ PSYCHOLOGICAL ○ Political ○ Analytical ★ SOCIAL ○ What society thinks ○ Gender role and norms Can be learned Internalize May vary ★ CULTURAL ○ Constructed traits ○ Conforming Behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards GENDER IDENTITY ★ CISGENDER ○ If sexual characteristics are aligned ○ Male - Man = cisman ○ Female - Woman = ciswoman ★ TRANSGENDER ○ Male - Female ○ Female - Male ★ TRANSEXUAL ○ Changes body biologically (through surgery, body organs) (not all transgenders are considered as transsexual but all transsexuals are transgenders) BINARY GENDERS ★ NON BINARY ○ Genders outside of the woman-man binary and spectrum ★ BI GENDER ○ Both male and female ★ AGENDER ○ No identity ○ Not a man nor woman ★ QUEER ○ Same as non binary ○ No gender ○ exploring ★ FLUID ○ Can differ from places ★ QUESTIONING ○ Does not know TRANSITIONING PROCESS ○ Transgender ○ Personal journey who wanted to live truly as they want ★ PERSONAL TRANSITIONING ○ internal/self acceptance ★ SOCIAL TRANSITIONING ○ external/ acceptance with the circle or group ★ LEGAL TRANSITIONING ○ Law introduction ○ Needs money ○ Sex change = law ★ MEDICAL TRANSITIONING ○ Surgical Gender Affirming Surgery Transexuals ○ Non Surgical HRT Hormonal Recreational Therapy Takes Pills, Injectables GENDERBREAD PERSON ★ GENDER CONFORMING ○ Person who follows the rules of society about how genders should act, behave and appear to others. ○ M - Masculine ○ F - Feminine ★ GENDER NON CONFORMING ○ People whose gender expression does not follow the gender norms or societal expectations ○ M - Feminine ○ F - Masculine ★ ANDROGYNOUS ○ Gender Neutrals ○ F- = - M SEXUAL ORIENTATION ○ Enduring capacity of emotional romantic and sexual attraction of one person to another. ★ Monosexual ○ Heterosexual M - attracted - F F- attracted - M ○ Homosexual M - attracted - F (Gay) F - attracted - M (Lesbian) ★ BISEXUAL ○ M/F - attracted - M/F ★ POLYSEXUALS ○ If attracted to more than 2 genders ○ Bi+ (bi plus) ★ OMNISEXUALS ○ Genders can be distinguished ○ Attracted to multiple genders ★ PANSEXUAL ○ attracted / regardless of their gender ★ ASEXUALS ○ Is not attracted to any gender ○ Not sexually attracted ○ Abstinence Self-enforced restraint from bodily activities that are giving pleasure ○ Celibacy Voluntary being unmarried and sexually abstinent (often religious reasons)