CS203-A: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to sex, gender, and sexuality.

Hermaphrodite (Charles Darwin)

A term used to describe individuals who possess both male and female biological characteristics, often associated with intersex conditions. Charles Darwin: “Every man & woman is hermaphrodite.” [intersex]

Gender

Socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender-diverse people.

Sex

Biological attributes of humans and animals, including physical features, chromosomes, gene expression, hormones, and anatomy.

Feminism

A doctrine or movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for women.

1st Wave Feminism

The first wave of feminism (1800s-1920s) focused on legal issues and inequalities, primarily advocating for women's suffrage.

2nd Wave Feminism

The second wave of feminism (1960s-1980s) emphasized issues of equality, reproductive rights, and workplace rights.

Intersectionality

A concept recognizing that individuals experience overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

Compulsory Heterosexuality

The societal expectation that heterosexuality is the default and normal sexual orientation.

Gender Identity

A person's internal sense of their own gender, which may be different from their biological sex.

Gender Expression

The external display of one's gender identity through behavior, clothing, hairstyle, voice, and other characteristics.

Post-Feminism

A response to feminism focusing on the idea that issues of gender have been resolved and thus no longer require activism.

Gender Binary

The classification of gender into two distinct, opposite, and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine.