Gender Society - Key Concepts & Terminology

Vocabulary flashcards created from the Gender Society lecture notes, defining core terms related to sex, gender, hormones, and sexual orientation.

Sex

The biological basis of being male or female, determined by physical anatomy.

The name given at birth

The toys played with

The clothes worn

The friends played with

The roles and responsibilities at home

Sexuality involve

Homosexuality and Heterosexuality

-A part of the human sexuality and is a large part of

the human experience

homosexuality

gray

heterosexuality

straight

Appreciating diversity

-According to the American Psychological Association

(APA), nature and nurture play a complex role in

shaping our sexual orientation.

Gender

A social concept regarding how men and women should think, feel, and act, referring to the femininity or masculinity of a person's role and behavior.

Sexuality

A natural and healthy part of life that encompasses everything about being male or female, including how a person experiences and expresses sexual feelings.

Estrogen Hormone

A female hormone that cycles monthly; women have much higher levels than men,

Testosterone Hormone

A primary steroid sex hormone produced ten times more in men than in women, generating male physical traits such as body hair and baldness.

vasopressin

brain hormone of men

3 sex hormones

estrogen , testosterone, progesterone

nesting instinct

not all mothers have that kind of gift

monogamy

being in a romantic, sexual relationship with only one partner at a time

produce eggs and secrete hormones

the 2 function of ovaries

30-40 years old

age bracket of pre menopausal period

family planning

method used for safe pregnancy

stable mood, a sense of well-being, feminine sexual behavior, neuron growth, and improved cognition.

Behavioral Effects of Estrogen

sense of separateness, aggression, risk-taking, sex drive, assertiveness, self-confidence, visual-spatial ability, interest in moving things, and potentially poor concentration or violent behavior.

Behavioral Effects of Testosterone

Oxytocin

Known as the Bonding hormone or Love Hormone in females; physically facilitates childbirth and nursing, and promotes nesting, monogamy, pair bonding, and protection of offspring.

Vasopressin

A male brain hormone that can physically cause water retention and high blood pressure, while promoting pair recognition, sexual arousal, courtship behavior, monogamy, pair bonding, and mate guarding.

Sexual Orientation

An enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

Bisexuality

Being attracted to people of the same gender as yourself and to different genders.

Pansexuality

Being attracted to all genders, often described as attraction regardless of gender.

Asexual

A person who has no sexual feelings or desires.

Transgender

A phenomenon of dissatisfaction where a person feels a lack of correspondence between their physical sex and their psychological gender identity.

American Psychological Association (APA)

The organization stating that nature and nurture play a complex role in shaping human sexual orientation.