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Getting On The Same Page Differences Sex Gender Gender Identity Sexuality Sexual Orientation

Getting On The Same Page Differences Sex Gender Gender Identity Sexuality Sexual Orientation. KEY CONCEPTS. Gender Differences We Love Categories Statistical Significance v. Substantive Significance Identity Matters Problems With A Focus On Differences Sex Biological Characteristics

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Getting On The Same Page Differences Sex Gender Gender Identity Sexuality Sexual Orientation

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  1. Getting On The Same PageDifferencesSexGenderGender IdentitySexualitySexual Orientation

  2. KEY CONCEPTS • Gender Differences • We Love Categories • Statistical Significance v. Substantive Significance • Identity Matters • Problems With A Focus On Differences • Sex • Biological Characteristics • Is Sex Dichotomous and Unchangeable? • Gender • Gender As Sex Essentialism • Gender As A Social Construction • Is Gender Dichotomous and Unchangeable?

  3. KEY CONCEPTS • Gender Identity • A person’s subjective view of him or her-self as male or female • Usually dichotomous and maybe even unchangeable • Gender identity has “salience” • Sexuality • Eroticism (what turns you on) and sexual behavior (what you do with that interest) • The social construction of sexual meaning • Sexual Orientation • The match between one’s sex and the sex of one’s (desired or actual) sexual partners • Dichotomous? Unchangeable?! A Social Construction? • Meaning and stigma depends on social context

  4. Getting On The Same PageSex RolesSexual RolesGender RolesStereotypes

  5. KEY CONCEPTS • Roles • A set of prescriptions and proscriptions for behaviors • Strongly related to positions in particular social contexts • Sex and Sexual Roles • Sex Roles: tied explicitly to sexual and biological differences • Sexual Roles: societal norms of sexual response, drive, and desires • Gender Roles • Characteristics and behaviors that are appropriate for a person based on their gender • Social (NOT personal) expectations • Can become stereotypes and can be the result of stereotypes

  6. This is the usual trend discussed in the literature Desired Personal Characteristics In Personal Ads

  7. This is the usual trend discussed in the literature Offered Personal Characteristics In Personal Ads

  8. KEY CONCEPTS • Roles • A set of prescriptions and proscriptions for behaviors • Strongly related to positions in particular social contexts • Sex and Sexual Roles • Sex Roles: tied explicitly to sexual and biological differences • Sexual Roles: societal norms of sexual response, drive, and desires • Gender Roles • Characteristics and behaviors that are appropriate for a person based on their gender • Social (NOT personal) expectations • Can become stereotypes and can be the result of stereotypes

  9. Bem’s Sex Role Inventory Self-reliant Independent Athletic Assertive Forceful Analytical Leader Risk-Taker Individualistic Competitive Ambitious Yielding Cheerful Shy Affectionate Flatterable Understanding Compassionate Soft-Spoken Warm Gentle Loves Children Masculine Feminine Androgynous (high on both) Undifferentiated (low on both) Cross-Sex Typed (masculine females and feminine males)

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