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Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality. Chapter 11 Section 1: Defining Sex and Gender. Sex refers to the properties of a person that determine his or her classification as male or female. One structure of our physical bodies that scientists use to classify us is our chromosomes .

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Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

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  1. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Chapter 11 Section 1: Defining Sex and Gender

  2. Sex refers to the properties of a person that determine his or her classification as male or female. One structure of our physical bodies that scientists use to classify us is our chromosomes. • Sex Chromosomes are the 23rd pair of chromosomes that determines a person’s sex (male or female). Females have two sex chromosomes that are similar and are called X Chromosomes.Males have one X and one Y chromosome. Sex and Its Biological Components

  3. Gonads are a part of the endocrine system that produces sex hormones and generates ova in females and sperm in males. • In females, the gonads are called the ovaries • In males, the gonads are called thetestes. • Femalehormones are estrogens. • Malehormones are androgens. • These hormones play a role in the development of internal reproductive structures, external genitalia and the secondary sex characteristics. Another structure used to classify us as male or female is our gonads

  4. Female Sex Organs Ovary Uterus Cervix Bladder Pubic bone Vagina Urethra Anus Clitoris Sexuality Female

  5. Male Sex Organs Large intestine Bladder Seminal vesicle Pubic bone Ejaculatory duct Vas deferens Prostate Urethra Anus Penis Testis Scrotum Sexuality Glans Male

  6. Secondary sex characteristics, or traits that differ between the two sexes but are not part of the reproductive system. • Puberty is a period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation occurring in adolescence. At puberty, we develop secondary sex characteristics.

  7. The social and psychological aspects of being male or female is known as gender. • Gender Identityis an individual’s sense of belonging to the male or female sex and is multifaceted. • Terms such as masculinityand femininity, attributes meaning “being like a man” and “being like a woman,” • Instrumentality(for more masculine traits) • Expressiveness(for more feminine traits). Gender

  8. Individuals who are high in both dimensions are considered androgynous, meaning they have attributes we typically associate with both genders. • Researcher’s show that individuals who are not strongly gender-typed according to these scales tend to have better psychological adjustment and resilience than those rated as extremely masculine or feminine. Gender-typed

  9. After conception, male and female embryos look alike. • The difference in male and female biological development is a particular gene on the Y Chromosome called the SRY gene. • Three months after conception the SRY gene is activated influencing the development of the body and brain. • Brain development is different in males and females. From Genes to Sex to Gender

  10. Prenatal hormonal exposure, chromosomal abnormalities, and environmental factors can affect the developing genitals. • The results are sexually ambiguous, resulting in an intersex condition or hermaphroditism which falls under the category of disorders of sexual development (DSD). Disorders of Sexual Development

  11. The famous John/Joan caseillustrates the flexibility of gender and nurture’s triumph over nature. Over time, “Joan” really became “David,” demonstrating the large biological factors guiding the way from sex to gender identity. • IS SOCIALIZATION WHAT FORMS OUR IDENITY????????????? • Socialization is powerfully related to gender identity, but not perfectly. Determining a child’s physical condition (being male or female when ambiguous genitalia are present) is a difficult choice that should be based on the child’s well-being and future sexual functioning, not on parental distress. • John Money’s belief in socialization in gender formation. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJuHjQ5IlUY Disorders of Sexual Development

  12. Transgender refers to experiencing one’s psychological gender as different from one’s physical sex. • The APA classifies people who feel trapped in the wrong biological sex as suffering from gender identity disorder (GID). • Gender dysphoriais a defining feature of GID and is explained as distress over one’s born sex. An empirically validated treatment is sex reassignment surgery for GID. • Many transgender individuals do not elect the sex reassignment surgery and opt for hormone treatment only, while others simply think of their gender identity in an alternative broader way. When Genetic Sex and Gender Conflict: Transgender Experience

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