Differentiating Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Vocabulary and concepts regarding the biological, social, and personal aspects of sex, gender, and sexuality based on the SPP 3 lecture by Mr. Eduardo C. Concepcion Jr.

Sex

The biological and physiological characteristics that distinguish males and females, including reproductive organs, chromosomes, and hormones.

Primary Sexual Characteristics

The reproductive organs present at birth, such as the vagina for females and the penis and testicles for males.

Intersexuality

A condition in which a person is born with variations in sex characteristics.

Secondary Sexual Characteristics

Physical features that develop during puberty, such as breast development, growth of body hair, deepening of the voice, and changes in body shape.

XX Chromosomes

The pair of sex chromosomes that normally determines an individual as biologically female.

XY Chromosomes

The pair of sex chromosomes that normally determines an individual as biologically male.

Estrogen and Progesterone

The hormones specifically mentioned in the lesson that regulate functions in females.

Testosterone

The hormone specifically mentioned in the lesson that regulates functions in males.

Gender

The socially constructed and learned expectations, behaviors, roles, and identities associated with being male or female.

Gender Norms

Unwritten rules telling people how they are expected to dress, behave, speak, feel, and choose careers, varying by culture and time.

Gender Roles

The responsibilities and behaviors society expects from individuals based on their gender, such as traditional providers or household caregivers.

Gender Identity

A person's deeply felt internal sense of gender, which may or may not match the sex assigned at birth.

Gender Expression

How individuals present themselves to others through clothing, hairstyle, voice, behavior, and appearance.

Sexuality

A person's sexual orientation, or the people to whom they are emotionally, romantically, mentally, and physically attracted.

Cisgender

One of the commonly recognized gender identities listed in the lesson where identity matches birth-assigned sex.

Transgender

One of the commonly recognized gender identities listed in the lesson where identity may not match birth-assigned sex.

Non-binary

A commonly recognized gender identity identified in the lesson that falls outside the male/female binary.

Androgynous

An example of gender expression mentioned alongside masculine and feminine.

Pansexual

An example of sexual orientation mentioned alongside heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual.