Gender, Sex & Sexuality

Sex

the reproductive forms and functions of the body

gender/ sex system

ideas and social patterns a society uses to organize males and females and those who exist between these categories

Gender

refers to the complex and fluid intersections of biological, sex, internal senses of self

sexual dimorphic species

that males and females have a different sexual form

Intersex

Individuals who diverge from the male female norm

masculinity

the ideas and practices of manhood

gender variance

expressions of sex & gender that diverge from the male and female norms

third genders

recognizes the fact that many societies allow for more than two catergories of gender/sex

sexuality

sexual desires