3. SEX, GENDER, AND GENDER
IDENTITY
• Sex – a label, usually male or female that was assigned
by a doctor at birth based on the genitals a person is born
with and the chromosomes they have. This is found on
one’s birth certificate.
• Gender – a social and legal status, and set of
expectations from society, about behaviors,
characteristics, and thoughts of being a man (usually a
male) and a woman (usually a female).
• Gender identity – is the innermost concept of self as
male, female, a blend of both or neither. Identity can be
expressed through clothing, behavior, and personal
appearance.
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GENDERED SEXUALITY
Gendered sexuality is the way in
which gender and sexuality are often viewed
as likened constructs, whereby the role of
gender in an individual's life is informed by
and impacts others' perceptions of their
sexuality (Oliver & Shibley, 1993; McCabe,
Amanda, & Heiman, 2010).
8. Processes of Socialization
(Hartley, 1974)
Manipulation
refers to ways where
parents deter or
encourage behaviour
on the basis of
appropriateness in
regards to gender
9. Processes of Socialization
(Hartley, 1974)
Canalization
refers to the way in
which parents channel
the child's interests in
activities in conjunction
with gender as deemed
appropriate
10. Processes of Socialization
Verbal Appellations
use of language (both
negative and positive
reinforcements) to label
children in a way that
reinforces appropriate
gender identification
12. Sexual Orientation, Gender
Identity, and Expression
A person’s
understanding of who
he or she is sexually,
including their gender
identity, sexual
orientation, and gender
expression.
13. The Gender bread Person
Sexual orientation: whether a person’s
primary attraction is to the opposite sex
(heterosexuality), the same sex
(homosexuality), or both sexes
(bisexuality).
Gender identity: a person’s internal
sense of being a man or a woman,
which may or may not correspond with
the sex assigned at birth.
Gender expression: how one’s
characteristics and behaviors conform to
or transgress gender norms and roles of
femininity and masculinity.
16. Exercise on SOGIE
IDENTIFIES AS
BORN AS SEXUALLY
ATTRACTED TO
HETEROSEXUAL
CISGENDER MALE
HOMOSEXUAL
CISGENDER MALE
BISEXUAL
CISGENDER FEMALE
HETEROSEXUAL
TRANSGENDER
FEMALE
