ESCAPE ROOM PSYCH 23016 UNIT 3

Gender postmodernism

Abandonment of the notion of gender as natural and recognition that gender is socially constructed; dissolution of male and female categories as currently conceptualized in Western capitalist society

Genderqueer

Individuals who consider themselves a blend of both feminine and masculine.

Androgyny

Having traits stereotypically associated with both masculinity and femininity

Gender fluid

Individuals who change conceptions of how they feel and how they view themselves

Gender role transcendence

The abandonment of gender schema, or becoming gender aschematic, so that personality traits, social and occupational roles, and other aspects of life are independent from gender categories

Gender role ideology

Socially prescribed role relationships between women and men in any given society.

Sex roles

Roles filled by women or men that are defined by biological constraints and can be enacted by members of one biological sex only, such as wet nurse or sperm donor

Gender roles

Social norms that dictate culturally appropriate female and male behavior

Primary sex characteristics

Characteristics that differentiate women and men, such as external genitalia (vulva and penis), gonads (ovaries and testes), sex chromosomes (XX and XY), and hormones (estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone)

Occupational sex segregation

Reflects how people choose or drift into certain occupations and avoid others including the tendency for women and men to pursue different occupations.

Complementary needs theory

Individuals tend to select a mate whose needs are opposite or complementary to their own needs

Consensually nonmonogamous relationships

An agreement whereby each partner may have sex with other people

Principle of least interest

The person with the least interest controls the relationship.

Exchange theory

In mate selection, refers to selecting a partner who offers the greatest rewards at the lowest cost

Compersion

The opposite of jealousy, whereby a person feels positive about a lover’s emotional and sexual enjoyment with another

Down low

Behavior of keeping sexual activity private; term used to describe men who have sex with men but do not label themselves as gay or bisexual

Cougar

Older woman who pursues younger sexual partners.

Coolidge effect

The effect of novelty and variety on sexual arousal—for example, when a novel partner is available, a sexually satiated male regains capacity for arousal.

Semenarche

A boy’s first seminal ejaculation.

Sexual compliance

The concept whereby an individual willingly agrees to participate in sexual behavior without having the desire to do so.

Multidimensional Model

This suggests that orientation consists of various independent components—including emotional and social preferences, behavior, self-identification, sexual attraction, fantasy, and lifestyle—and that these components may change over time.

Allosexual

Sexual interest/arousal that can be directed to a person of another sex or one’s same sex.

Sexual orientation discordance

A discrepancy in sexual attraction and behavior

Ally development model

Combating homophobia by exposing children in K–12 grades to the nature of prejudice and discrimination toward LGBTQIA individuals

Heterosexism

The belief, stated or implied, that heterosexuality is superior (morally, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally) to homosexuality.