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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Getting On The Same PageDifferences
SexGender
Gender IdentitySexuality
Sexual Orientation
Getting On The Same PageDifferences
SexGender
Gender IdentitySexuality
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• Is Sex Dichotomous and Unchangeable?
• Gender• Gender As Sex Essentialism• Gender As A Social Construction• Is Gender Dichotomous and Unchangeable?
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
Getting On The Same PageSex Roles
Sexual RolesGender RolesStereotypes
Getting On The Same PageSex Roles
Sexual RolesGender RolesStereotypes
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
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Desired Personal Characteristics In Personal Ads
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Offered Personal Characteristics In Personal Ads
Offered Personal Characteristics In Personal Ads
This is the usual trend discussed in the This is the usual trend discussed in the literatureliterature
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
MasculineMasculine
Self-reliantIndependentAthleticAssertiveForcefulAnalyticalLeaderRisk-TakerIndividualisticCompetitiveAmbitious
FeminineFeminine
YieldingCheerful
ShyAffectionate
FlatterableUnderstandingCompassionate
Soft-SpokenWarmGentle
Loves Children
Bem’s Sex Role InventoryBem’s Sex Role Inventory
Androgynous (high on both)Androgynous (high on both)
Undifferentiated (low on both)Undifferentiated (low on both)
Cross-Sex Typed (masculine females and feminine males)Cross-Sex Typed (masculine females and feminine males)